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Kenya’s Covid-19 caseload rises to 37,489 after 141 new infections

Health CAS Mercy Mwangangi (centre) at the Thika Level Five Hospital in Kiambu on September 24, 2020.

Photo credit: Simon Ciuri | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Another 81 patients have been discharged after recovering from the disease.
  • Dr Amoth said that in case of a new wave, Kenya is prepared to handle it.
  • He said Kenya has signed up with global health partners in the quest to find a vaccine for Covid-19.

Five more patients have succumbed to Covid-19, raising Kenya’s death toll to 669 since the first case of the viral disease was recorded in March this year.

Making the announcement on Thursday at the Thika Level Five Hospital in Kiambu County, Health Chief Administrative Secretary Mercy Mwangangi also said that 141 people had tested positive in the last 24 hours. This followed the testing of 3,307 samples, bringing the national tally of confirmed cases to 37,489.