Kenya confirms 24 COVID deaths, 345 infections in last 24 hours

ANKARA (AA) - Kenya on Tuesday confirmed 24 new COVID-19-related deaths and 345 new infections after doing 6,686 COVID-19 tests across the country in the last 24 hours.

While a total of 2,805 fatalities from the virus have been confirmed by the Health Ministry so far, it confirmed a total of 160,559 infections from 1.68 million tests done since last year across the country of almost 55 million.

The ministry also confirmed 140 recoveries from COVID-19 on Tuesday, pushing the total to 109,217, including 79,525 from home-based care and isolation and 29,692 from various healthcare facilities.

On Saturday, President Uhuru Kenyatta praised healthcare workers for their role in the fight against COVID-19 as the rate of infections in the East African country falls.

He also announced the lifting of partial lockdown measures imposed last month to curb the spread of the virus.

Restaurants, bars, schools, and religious services will now reopen, Kenyatta said, also encouraging employers and businesses to allow employees to work from home.