Nairobi, Sept. 8 -- Covid-19 recoveries have outnumbered new infections in a single day, signalling slowing transmission rates.
The Ministry of Health Tuesday reported 173 individuals had recovered from the disease while 151 tested positive from a sample of 2,552.
This is the first time since March when Kenya reported its first case that recoveries are higher than infections.
"The numbers show that transmission of the virus has been curtailed to some extent and is not spreading as fast as before," said Health CAS Rashid Aman during the daily Covid-19 briefing from Afya House.
Kenya shut down bars on March 25 and last month banned restaurants from selling alcohol to contain the virus.
President Uhuru Kenyatta extended a nationwide curfe...