Economy Covid infection rate rises as deaths hit new highHealth Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe. FILE PHOTO | NMGKenya’s Covid-19 infection rate continued to rise Monday as deaths also hit a new high, just a week after most of the containment measures to combat the disease were relaxed. The Ministry of Health (MoH) reported 189 new cases from 1,205 samples collected, a 15.7 percent infection rate, up from an average of nine percent last week. This now brings the total cases and deaths to 10,294 and 197, respectively. This, he said, was integral in breaking infection rings, reducing mortality rate and lessening the social and economic impact of the disease.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 13, 2020 16:41 UTC