The Council of Governors now wants counties to strengthen emergency operation centres as the COVID-19 infection rate continues to rise among the devolved units. Between December 27th 2021 and the 4th of January 2022, counties have reported 21,217 cases of the deadly disease with 73 deaths associated with the pandemic reported during a similar period. As of Wednesday, Kenya’s coronavirus positivity rate stands at 25.6% …..after 2,216 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours from 8,669 samples tested.

By Fred Azelwa.