Tag: Health CS Mutahi Kagwe

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 Update: 1,259 test positive as positivity rate stands at 15.6%

The Ministry of Health has said that Kenya recorded a high number of new Covid-19 infections after 1,259 people tested positive for the disease. According to MoH, the 1,259 tested positive from a sample size of 8,081 tested in the last 24 hours. The Covid-19 positivity rate, MoH announced, now stands at 15.6%. From the […]

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: 976 test positive as positivity rate stands at 14.2%

The Ministry of Health has announced that 976 people tested positive for the Corona virus disease in the last 24 hours. According to MoH, the 976 were tested from a sample size of 6,896. The positivity rate is now 14.2%. From the new infection cases, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe said 939 are Kenyans while 37 […]

Covid-19: 550 cases recorded as positivity rate stands at 13.5 per cent

Kenya has recorded 550 new cases of Covid-19 from a total sample size of 4,087 tested in the last 24 hours, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe says. This represents a positivity rate of 12.5 per cent. Of the new cases recorded, 528 are Kenyans while 22 are foreigners. 284 of them are females while 266 […]

COVID-19 updates: Kenya records 17 deaths, 618 new cases

Kenya on Wednesday recorded 618 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the country’s caseload to 193,807, the Ministry of Health has said. In a statement, health CS confirmed that this was from a sample size of 5,507, recording a positivity rate of 11.2 per cent. The cumulative tests so far conducted now stands at 2,064,700. The […]

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.