COVID-19 positivity rate at 16.5pc as 1,184 test positive; 20 more dead
Kenya’s COVID-19 positivity rate is at 16.5% after 1,184 people tested positive from a sample of 7,139 in the last 24 hours.
In a statement to media houses on Saturday, the Ministry of Health said the total number of confirmed infections had risen to 138,077 while the total number of samples tested had hit 1,511,592.
1,146 of those infected are Kenyan citizens while 38 are foreigners; 601 are male while 583 are female.
The Ministry of Health has also announced 220 new recoveries with 177 being patients under the Home Based Care and Isolation while 43 had been admitted to various facilities in the the country.
Meanwhile, the death toll from the disease has hit 2,206 after 20 new deaths were reported on Saturday.
The Ministry of Health said 4 of the deaths were late death reports from facility record audits.
Across the country a total of 1,582 patients are currently admitted in various health faciliües countrywide, while 5,376 patients are on Home Based Isolation and Care.
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