Covid-19: Kenya cases rise to 4,738 after 260 more test positive

The number of Covid-19 cases in the country increased to 4,738 after 260 tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours.

During the daily Covid-19 briefing at Afya House in Nairobi on Sunday, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said that  the tests have been increasing every month since the first case of the virus was discovered in the country 100 days ago.

He said that the Ministry of Health has released 550 people from hospitals for home based care after completing 14-day mandatory quarantine at isolation facilities.

He said 21 people were discharged from hospitals, taking the number of recoveries to 1,607, while two people succumbed to the virus. The national virus death toll is 123.

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