This archive report was first published on 25 June 2021.
Published on June 25, 2021, Kenya's COVID-19 positivity rate stood at 10.1 percent on Friday after 646 people tested positive for the disease.
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe announced the new cases, detected from a sample size of 6,429, bringing the total caseload to 181,885.
Among the new cases, 1,017 patients were admitted to various health facilities countrywide, including 102 in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
There were 18 new deaths from the virus, 17 of which were registered from facility record audits for May and June, pushing fatalities to 3,556.
Meanwhile, 391 patients were discharged after recovering from the disease, raising recoveries to 123,853.
As of June 24, over 1.2 million people had been vaccinated against the virus.
The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Union (KMPDU) expressed concern over the slow progress by the health ministry in sourcing for and administering coronavirus vaccines.
KMPDU Secretary-General Davji Bhimji warned that the COVID-19 crisis in the country could worsen if the national vaccination campaign fails to yield desired results.
