Plague in Kenya
From 2019 to 2025, Kenya reported 22 lab-confirmed human plague cases and 0 deaths to the World Health Organization. In 2025: 7 confirmed, 0 deaths.
Confirmed cases by year
2022 is shown as 0 here because WHO could not determine the confirmed count. See the table.
- Suspected cases, 2019–2025
- 375
- Lab-confirmed
- 22
- Probable
- 0
- Deaths
- 0
Year by year
| Year | Suspected | Confirmed | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 48 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 95 | 5 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8 | Not determined | 0 |
| 2023 | 36 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 110 | 8 | 0 |
| 2025 | 28 | 7 | 0 |
"Suspected" includes probable and confirmed cases. WHO counts deaths among all suspected cases.
What WHO says about Kenya
- Kenya reported its first confirmed cases of this period in 2021.
- WHO shows Kenya's 2022 confirmed count as not determined: the number submitted (14) was higher than the suspected count (8).
- Kenya reported no deaths among its suspected cases.