{"id":14346,"date":"2020-09-14T17:33:35","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T17:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=14346"},"modified":"2020-09-14T17:33:35","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T17:33:35","slug":"curve-flattening-kenya-records-48-new-virus-cases-176-recoveries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/curve-flattening-kenya-records-48-new-virus-cases-176-recoveries","title":{"rendered":"Curve flattening? Kenya records 48 new virus cases, 176 recoveries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author: SHARON MAOMBO<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Kenya on Monday recorded one of the lowest figures in recent months after the Health ministry confirmed 48 new cases of Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>This raised the country&#8217;s total to 36,205\u00a0from a sample of 1,081 tested in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Health CAS Mercy Mwangangi confirmed that all were Kenyans with 31 being male and 17 females.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the daily Covid-19 briefing from Afya House, Mwangangi said age-wise, the youngest was a 12 -year-old infant while the oldest was 75 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Mombasa leads in the daily positivity rate, recording 20 cases in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Other counties with new cases include; Nairobi 15, Tharaka Nithi four, Kiambu two, Kilifi two and Homabay one.<\/p>\n<p>Another\u00a0176\u00a0patients have recovered from the disease, bringing the total number of recoveries in the country so far to\u00a023,243.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 45 of those discharged were from the home-based programme, while 131 were discharged from various health facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The number of fatalities rose to 624 after two more patients succumbed to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: SHARON MAOMBO AfricaPress-Kenya: Kenya on Monday recorded one of the lowest figures in recent months after the Health ministry confirmed 48 new cases of Covid-19. 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