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 after 646 people tested positive for the disease.
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe announced the new cases, which were detected from a sample size of 6,429, raising the total caseload to 181,885.
Of the new cases, 1,017 patients were admitted to various health facilities countrywide, including 102 in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Union (KMPDU) expressed concern over the slow progress by the health ministry in sourcing for and administering coronavirus vaccines.
According to KMPDU Secretary-General Davji Bhimji, the government's over-reliance on charities and donations has hindered the vaccination campaign, with less than one percent of Kenyans and less than 0.3 percent of health workers vaccinated.
Kenya has barely made progress towards attaining herd immunity, with statistics from the Ministry of Health indicating only 0.86 percent of the adult population had been fully vaccinated.
