Kenya has recorded 1,018 more positive cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, this raising the country’s caseload to 51,851. In a statement on Wednesday, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe announced that the number of those who succumbed to the virus continued to increase with 16 more deaths recorded in the last 24 hours bringing Kenya’s total fatalities to 950. Kagwe also indicated that the new cases were confirmed from 6,649 samples tested pushing the country’s cumulative Coronavirus tests to 672,771. From the positive cases reported, 989 are Kenyans and 29 are foreigners. Nairobi, Mombasa, Kiambu Kericho and Nakuru lead in the number of positive cases in the last 24 hours.

Source: Daily Nation October 28, 2020 18:19 UTC