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Covid-19: Death toll rises to 920 as 276 more test positive

Covid-19 testing

Medics collect samples for Covid-19 testing from a man at Namanga One Stop Border post on May 12, 2020. 

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe also reported 276 more infections following testing of 2,126 samples for the virus in the last 24 hours, raising the caseload to 49,997.
  • Since the virus was first discovered in Kenya on March 13, the country has tested a total of 662,046 samples for coronavirus.

The Covid-19 death tally in Kenya has increased to 920 after 18 more patients succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health has announced.

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe also reported 276 new infections following testing of 2,126 samples for the virus in the last 24 hours, raising the caseload to 49,997.