Covid-19: Positivity rate at 4.6 per cent as cases rise by 298

298 people test positive for Covid-19 from 6,451 samples in last 24 hours, positivity rate at 4.6 per cent and 250,023 total cases

By BETTY NJERU

291 test positive for Covid-19, five die

Kenya’s positivity rate is now 4.5 per cent with 249,725 total confirmed cases and 2,562,723 tests conducted since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Kenya receives 200,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine from China

Kenya receives 200,000 doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine from China; to be taken in two shots 28 days apart.

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Covid-19: 700 recover, 119 admitted to ICU

444 people test positive for Covid-19 from 7,511 samples in last 24 hours, 700 recover and four die; positivity rate at 5.9 per cent

By BETTY NJERU

Covid-19: 511 test positive, 148 in ICU

The new infections are from 6,434 samples conducted in the last 24 hours, which now puts Kenya’s positivity rate at 7.9 per cent.

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32 people die as Kenya records 661 new Covid-19 infections

Kenya records 661 new Covid-19 infections from 8,141 samples in last 24 hours, positivity rate at 8.1 per cent as 32 die and 533 patients recover.

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Kenya receives 12 ultra-cold freezers to boost vaccine storage

Kenya receives 12 ultra-low freezers from Japan Government to boost vaccine storage and efficacy; Health CS Kagwe says 814,000 people fully vaccinated

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21 die of Covid-19 as 1,863 recover

On Saturday, some 840 people have also tested positive for Covid-19, from 8,129 samples conducted in the last 24 hours.

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Kenya receives first batch of 141,000 Johnson and Johnson vaccines

Kenya has this evening received the first batch of 141,0000 Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine doses, procured via the African Union.

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Covid-19 positivity rate at 12.2 per cent as 970 test positive

970 people test Covid-19 positive from 7,940 samples making positivity rate 12.2 per cent in the past 24hrs; total cases now 237,851 from 2,388,858 te

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Covid-19 infections up by 788

788 people test positive for Covid-19 from a 6,690 sample size, country’s positivity rate is 11.8 per cent; 234,589 total confirmed cases.

By BETTY NJERU