Covid-19: Kenya cases rise to 316,700, death toll at over 5,000

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A medical worker takes samples for Covid-19 testing at the Kenya Medical Research Institute laboratory in Kisumu, western Kenya. PHOTO | AFP

By  AMINA WAKO

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • CS Kagwe said that 10,974,305 vaccines had been administered across the country as of Thursday.
  • The capital Nairobi leads in the number of new infections with 369 cases.
  • The positivity rate is now at 11.1 per cent, a drop from 11.7 percent on Thursday.

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