Tag: Mutahi Kagwe

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.

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 Update: 847 test positive as positivity rate stands at 13.9%

The Ministry of Health has stated that 847 people have tested positive for corona virus in the past 24 hours. According to MoH, the 847 tested positive from a sample size of 6,080 tested in the last 24 hours bringing the positivity rate to 13.9%. Total confirmed positive cases are now 196,745 and cumulative tests […]

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.

Covid-19 Update: 566 test positive as positivity rate stands at 10.6%

The Ministry of Health has stated that 566 people have tested positive for Corona virus. In a statement to newsrooms on Thursday, July 8 MOH said the 566 tested positive from a sample size of 5,344 tested in the last 24 hours. “The positivity rate stands at 10.6%. From the cases, 546 are Kenyans while […]

This is not good news – Kenya announces first person with two COVID-19 variants

Kenya has identified the very first case of an individual with two Covid-19 variants, joining very few countries in the world that have reported them. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said this is not good news as they have been detected in a person who doesn’t have history of travel in and out of the […]

MPs ask Kagwe to stop private, public hospitals from rejecting Covid patients

Senate Health Committee demands that Mutahi Kagwe acts to stop public and private hospital from turning away Covid-19 patients.