Covid-19: Kenya has recorded 787 new cases with a positivity rate of 11.4%

Kenya has recorded 787 new Covid-19 cases from a sample size of 6,892 people tested, pushing the cumulative cases

195,898 while the positivity rate stands at 11.4 percent. 

Total recoveries stand at 184,885 as 424 recoveries have been reported in the the last 24 hours.

From the new recoveries, 293 were from the Home-Based Isolation and Care program while 131 are from various health facilities countrywide.

"Total recoveries now stand at 184,885 of whom 147,451 are from the Home Based Care and Isolation program, while 37,434 are from various health facilities countrywide,” the Ministry of Health said in a statement. 

Unfortunately, cumulative fatalities have been pushed to 3,838 as 12 new deaths were reported on Friday.

The Health Ministry added that one of the deaths occurred in the last 24 hours, while 11 are late deaths reported after conducting facility record audits in the month of July 2021.