The number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in Kenya has as of Thursday increased by 837, raising total confirmed positive cases to 191,020, the Health Minister announced.
This followed the analysis of 7,545 samples within a 24-hour period, which raised the total number of tests carried out so far to 2,036,472.
At the same time, the positivity rate stood at 11.1%, an increase from 9.4% the previous day. Health Cabinet Secretary, Mutahi Kagwe said the youngest new patient is a three-month old child, while the oldest is 94 years.
From the new infections, 797 are Kenyans while 40 are foreigners, with 435 being male and 402 female.
Nairobi County, the country's capital, leads with 376 new cases, Mombasa 87, Nyeri 45, Kiambu 34, Kilifi 33, Uasin Gishu 32, Nakuru 26, Siaya 23 and Kajiado 21 with other counties reporting less than 20 cases.
In a statement to media houses, CS Kagwe further announced nine more deaths, all of them being late deaths confirmed after an audit of facility records in April, May, June and July 2021. This raises Kenya's death toll from the disease to 3,746.
The CS also reported that another 340 patients had recovered from the the disease, 272 of who were under the home-base isolation and care while 68 were discharged from various hospitals across the country. This raises total recoveries in Kenya to 180,420.