Nairobi, Sept. 18 -- Kenya on Saturday recorded 515 new Covid-19 infections from a sample of 7,981 tested in the last 24 hours, raising its number of confirmed cases to 246,296.
The positivity rate stood at 6.5 per cent, up from the 6.5 per cent recorded on Saturday, while the number of tests conducted so far rose to 2,494,312.
Of the new patients, 488 were Kenyans and 27 foreigners, 279 male and 236 female, the youngest four months old and the oldest 102 years.
Nairobi County recorded 97 new cases, Nyeri 57, Baringo 37, Nakuru 34, Kisii 31, Kiambu 30, Uasin Gishu 28, Meru 23, Machakos 14, Nyandarua 13, Trans Nzoia 13, Kajiado and Wajir 11 each, and Embu 10.
Lamu and Mombasa counties had new infections each, Tharaka Nithi and Turkana ei...