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  • Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said Kenya detected Covid-19 variants from UK, India, South Africa in samples from Kenyans with no travel history.

Kenya has recorded 11 more Covid-19 deaths bringing the total number of people who have succumbed to the disease to 3,108.

On Thursday an additional 341 Covid-19 cases from a sample size of 3,646 tested in the last 24hrs were reported.

This brings the total number of coronavirus cases in Kenya to 169,697 and the positivity rate now stands at 9.4%.

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said Kenya has detected Covid-19 variants from UK, India, South Africa in 39 samples from Kenyans with no travel history.

MoH said 144 patients were discharged from various hospitals bringing the total number of recoveries to 115,988.