Kenya has recorded 426 positive Covid-19 cases from 5168 samples tested in the last 24 hours.
10 patients succumb to Covid-19 as 426 new cases are recorded
426 new positive Covid-19 cases
Health CAS Dr Mercy Mwangangi
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This brings the total number of cases to 31441.
Health CAS Mercy Mwangangi announced that 10 people had succumbed to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.
"10 fatalities have been recorded. Three of these are community deaths and the total number of fatalities now stands at 516," CAS Mwangangi said.
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According to the CAS, 257 patients recovered from the coronavirus and discharged.
"426 test positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours bringing total number of confirmed cases in the country to 31,441," she continued.
All the new cases are Kenyans except 9 who are foreign nationals.
The youngest is a three year old while the oldest is 88.
CAS Mwangangi further revealed that the country was currently at a positivity rate of 7.9%, which was a steep rise from the 2% recorded at the start of the pandemic.
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