Kenya has recorded another 426 Covid-19 cases from 5,158 samples tested in the past 24 hours, bringing the total national caseload to 31,441, Health CAS Mercy Mwangangi has announced.
In a press briefing, Dr. Mwangangi also revealed that 257 patients recovered from Covid-19 in the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 17,869.
At the same time, 10 more patients succumbed to the disease. This brings Kenya’s total death toll to 516. Three of the deaths were community deaths aged below 30 years.
The CAS revealed that country’s positivity rate has increased to 7.9 percent from the initial 2.0.
This means, with a population of about 47 million people, at least three million are infected with the virus in the county.
“From the initial rate to now, this points out that the curve is not flattening,’Mwangangi said.
At the same time, Acting Director-General of Health Patrick Amoth revealed that four of the labs used for Covid-19 testing are down, resulting in delayed turnaround time.
Dr. Amoth, however, said that the labs are expected to be back in operation in the next 24 hours.
