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Nyeri, Nairobi new Covid-19 cases highest as positivity rate rises above 5pc

Kenya’s Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe. [File, Standard]

Kenya’s Covid-19 positivity rate rose above five (5) per cent on Saturday as 128 people out of 2,303 samples tested in the last 24 hours returned positive results.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) said Nairobi and Nyeri counties accounted for 95.3 per cent of the new infections (122). The capital city had 54 cases, while Nyeri had 68 infections.

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