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Volume 28, Supplement—December 2022
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Adapting Longstanding Public Health Collaborations between Government of Kenya and CDC Kenya in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020–2021

Amy Herman-RoloffComments to Author , Rashid Aman, Taraz Samandari, Kadondi Kasera, Gideon O. Emukule, Patrick Amoth, Tai-Ho Chen, Jackton Kisivuli, Herman Weyenga, Elizabeth Hunsperger, Clayton Onyango, Bonventure Juma, Peninah Munyua, Daniel Wako, Victor Akelo, Davies Kimanga, Linus Ndegwa, Ahmed Abade Mohamed, Peter Okello, Samuel Kariuki, Kevin M. De Cock, Marc Bulterys, and CDC-Kenya COVID-19 Response Team
Author affiliations: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Nairobi and Kisumu, Kenya (A. Herman-Roloff, T. Samandari, G. Emukule, T.-H. Chen, H. Weyenga, E. Hunsperger, C. Onyango, B. Juma, P. Munyua, D. Wako, V. Akelo, D. Kimanga, L. Ndegwa, K.M. De Cock, M. Bulterys); Ministry of Health, Nairobi (R. Aman, K. Kasera, P. Amoth); Kenya Prisons Service, Nairobi (J. Kisivuli, P. Okello); Africa Field Epidemiology Network, Nairobi (A.A. Mohamed); Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi (S. Kariuki)

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Figure 1

Average number of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases and SARS-CoV-2 positivity rates in Kenya from April 1, 2020, through December 26, 2021, in a review of longstanding public health collaborations between the government of Kenya and CDC Kenya in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Kenya supports the Kenya Ministry of Health with COVID-19 data analysis and visualization. By December 26, 2021, Kenya had experienced 5 epidemic waves during July and November in 2020 and March, August, and December in 2021; a total of 282,554 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases, 5,361 related deaths, and a case fatality rate of 1.9% were reported. The graph shows the 7-day averages for the number of COVID-19 cases and positivity rates.

Figure 1. Average number of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases and SARS-CoV-2 positivity rates in Kenya from April 1, 2020, through December 26, 2021, in a review of longstanding public health collaborations between the government of Kenya and CDC Kenya in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Kenya supports the Kenya Ministry of Health with COVID-19 data analysis and visualization. By December 26, 2021, Kenya had experienced 5 epidemic waves during July and November in 2020 and March, August, and December in 2021; a total of 282,554 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases, 5,361 related deaths, and a case fatality rate of 1.9% were reported. The graph shows the 7-day averages for the number of COVID-19 cases and positivity rates.

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