Tag: Covid-19 updates

COVID 19: Kenya records 13 new positive cases

The Ministry of Health on Friday announced that 13 new cases of COVID-19 from a sample size of 4,451, tested in the last 24 hours. In a statement, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe confirmed that the positivity rate is now at a new low of 0.3%. Of the cases, 7 are Kenyans while 6 are […]

Drama in Murang’a as locals engage police in running battles after revellers were arrested in bar

Residents of Muranga town engaged police in running battles over what they termed as harassment by the local law enforcers in the implementation of the 4 am to 10 pm curfew. During the chaos witnessed in the evening of Thursday, September 30, residents blocked major roads to Muranga town by burning tyres in the road […]

‘Transformer yangu inafanya kazi vizuri sana’ – MP Didmus Baraza rallies Kimilili residents to get vaccinated

Kimilili MP Didmus Baraza has called on his constituents to come out in huge numbers and get vaccinated against Covid-19.  Addressing a past gathering in his contituency, Baraza faulted rumor and propaganda peddlers who are telling Kimilili men that getting the vaccine will interfere with their sexual performance.  “There are people who are lying to […]

COVID-19: Kenya reports another 363 cases, 16 more deaths

In the latest daily figures, Kenya has recorded another 363 coronavirus cases from a sample size of 4,594 tested in the last 24 hours. In a statement, Health CS Kagwe Mungai says the positivity rate is currently at 7.9%. Of the cases, 359 are Kenyans while 4 are foreigners with 193 being males and 170 […]

Covid-19 Update: Kenya records 1,166 new cases as positivity rate rises to 11.8 per cent

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has announced that Kenya has recorded 1,166 new cases of the coronavirus from a sample size of 9,924 tested in the last 24 hours. In a statement to the press on Tuesday, August 24, CS Kagwe said the positivity rate of Covid-19 now stands at 11.8 per cent. According to […]

Covid-19 Update: 1,286 test positive as positivity rate stands at 15.5%

The Ministry of Health has reported that 1,286 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. In a statement released on Saturday, August 21, MOH said the positivity rate stands at 15.5%, with total confirmed infections rising to 228,363 and cumulative tests so far conducted are 2,305,988. From the new Covid-19 cases, […]

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. […]