Uhuru said that if the country had not taken the measures the rate of infections would have peaked and by the end of August approximately 75,000 Kenyans would have lost their lives with over 800,000 infections.
The President also announced the ban on all gatherings will also be extended for another one month while the gradual reopening of schools is now set to commence on September 1, 2020.
Uhuru announced that within seven days, the ministries of Interior and Health will constitute an inter-faith council for protocols of reopening of places of worship.
The President also extended international travel restrictions due to what he termed as the ‘evolving nature of the disease globally’.
“In the meantime, the Ministry of Transport is directed within seven days from the date hereof, to engage all Key Stakeholders and develop protocols to guide resumption of local air travel,” he said.
The President said the country’s coronavirus infections now stand at 2, 600 after 126 new infections were recorded in the last 24 hours.
Uhuru also confirmed the number of fatalities has risen to 83 after four more deaths were recorded.
The country’s incidence had spiked to 3.1 per cent from 2.1 per cent since the last extension.
Before the last extension on May 16, the country had tested 39,018 cases, with 830 of them turning positive at an infection rate of 2.13 per cent.
Since then, the country has recorded 1,510 new cases after 46,333 new tests, resulting in an infection rate of 3.1 per cent.
Just before this announcement, the country’s total stood at 2,474 cases out of 90, 875 tests done.