Tag: Covid-19 cases in Kenya

Kitale County Referral mortuary attendants threaten to strike over poor working conditions

Activities at the busy Kitale county referral mortuary and Mt Elgon hospital mortuaries will be grounded after attendants through the workers union gave a three day ultimatum to get their pay or down their tools. The nine casual laborers who are among more than five thousand workers have said that they have not been paid […]

Covid-19 Update: 1,205 test positive as positivity rate stands at 14.8%

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported that 1,205 people tested positive of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours. According to MOH, the 1,205 cases, 1, 175 are Kenyans while 30 are foreigners. “622 are males while 583 are female. The youngest is a six-month-old infant while the oldest is 100 years old,” MOH said. […]

Covid-19 Update: 1,085 people test positive as positivity rate stands at 15.4%

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced that 1,085 people tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. In an update to newsrooms on Tuesday, August 3, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the 1,085 were tested from a sample size of 7,067 as the positivity rate stands at 15.4%. “From the cases 1,049 […]

COVID-19 updates: Kenya reports 467 new cases, 15 deaths

With the latest daily figures, the total confirmed positive cases are now 203,680 and cumulative tests so far conducted are 2,137,572.

CS Kagwe adjusts curfew hours for Lake and Western region counties

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has announced a series of health measures to combat the upsurge of Covid-19 infections in the country. While addressing the nation on Friday, July 30, Kagwe said the presidential directive on the 10 pm -to-4am nationwide curfew still stands, adding that the Lake and Western region counties will henceforth observe […]

COVID-19 Update: 1,068 test positive as positivity rate stands at 14.4%

The Ministry of Health has announced that 1,068 people have tested positive for the disease in the last 24 hours. According to MoH, the 1,068 tested positive from a sample size of 7,398 bringing the total confirmed positive cases to 201,009. Cumulative tests so far conducted are 2,116,979 while the positivity rate is now 14.4%. […]

COVID-19 updates: 323 more tests positive, 132 patients in ICU

These new cases represent a positivity rate of 8.8 per cent as the total confirmed cases in the country rise to 192,758.