The National Planning Authority (NPA) has recorded a reduction of covid cases having seen a slight increase in the number of daily new reported COVID-19 cases in the past 2 weeks.
According to the authority, For the week of 12th to 18th September, an average of 168 new cases per day are being projected and a weekly total of 1,177 new cases. For the week of 13th to 25th September, a daily average of 172 new cases and a weekly total of 1,202 is beeing projected.
Neighbouring Kenya and Rwanda are still among the top 10 African countries that reported highest new cases in the past three weeks.
The NPA however projects a reduction of the cases in the week ending 18th September 2021.
“Kenya will record daily average of 631 and a weekly total of about 4,418 new cases which is a decrease from the
previous week, when weekly cases were averaging 6,500”. The authority said.
“For Rwanda the projections for the week ending 18th September are a daily average of 406, with a weekly total of about 2,843 new cases, also a decrease from the previous week”.
“It can thus be noted that though the cases for the two neighboring countries are still high, their trend is going down”. NPA added.
The top 10 leading countries with highest cases form first to 10th include South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Ethiopia, Botswana and Kenya respectively.
