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Covid-19 positivity rate at 11.8% after 486 people test positive

Health CS Mutahi Kagwe at the National Blood Transfusion Services in Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.  [David Njaaga, Standard]

The Ministry of Health on Sunday announced that 486 people tested positive for Covid-19 from a sample size of 4,134 tested in the last 24 hours, pushing total confirmed infections to 145,670 with a positivity rate of 11.8 %.

In a statement to newsrooms, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said 490 patients recovered from the disease; 318 from various health facilities while 172 are from the Home-Based and Isolation Care. Total recoveries now stand at 99,095.

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