covid-testing-latest-data-source-details: 52
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rowid
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ISO code
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Entity
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Date
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Source URL
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Source label
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Notes
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Number of observations
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Cumulative total
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Cumulative total per thousand
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Daily change in cumulative total
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Daily change in cumulative total per thousand
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7-day smoothed daily change
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7-day smoothed daily change per thousand
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Short-term positive rate
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Short-term tests per case
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General source label
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General source URL
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Short description
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Detailed description
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KEN |
Kenya - samples tested |
2020-10-24 |
https://twitter.com/MOH_Kenya/status/1320009919148556288 |
Kenya Ministry of Health |
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189 |
653229 |
12.148 |
6862 |
0.128 |
5166 |
0.096 |
0.11800000000000001 |
8.482999999999999 |
Ministry of Health |
http://www.health.go.ke |
The number of samples tested. |
The Kenya Ministry of Health provides daily press releases and tweets ([@MOH_Kenya](https://twitter.com/MOH_Kenya)), sometimes reporting the number of samples tested in the past 24 hours and sometimes reporting the cumulative number of samples tested to date.
The tweets and press releases usually report testing figures in terms of the number of "samples tested". However, the wording used in some tweets and press releases makes it unclear whether the figures relate to the number of samples tested or the number of people tested. For example, the relevant tweet on [4 June 2020](https://twitter.com/MOH_Kenya/status/1268563481235787776) says "2,640 samples tested in the last 24 hours", while the relevant tweet on [1 August 2020](https://twitter.com/MOH_Kenya/status/1289552051916009475) states that "727 people are the latest to test positive for Covid-19 from a sample of 6,371 tested in the last 24 hrs". It does not appear that this inconsistency in terminology reflects a substantive change in the figures that are reported, since there are no large breaks in the time series that correspond to the use of "samples tested" versus "people tested" terminology. Instead, the wording of the tweets and press releases suggests that the reported number of samples tested may be equivalent to the number of people tested.
It is unclear whether the reported figures include tests for which the results are pending.
We have found testing data dating back to 6 March 2020, at which point 31 tests had been conducted to date.
Note that, due to the way the data is presented by the official source, the time series may be impacted by retrospective revisions made by the source – see our [FAQ here](https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-testing#does-your-data-reflect-retrospective-updates-made-by-the-source).
Since 26 October 2020, we collect this data automatically based on an [ArcGIS dashboard](https://services7.arcgis.com/1Cyg6S9yGgIqdFPO/ArcGIS/rest/services/cases_today/FeatureServer/0/query) that provides a daily snapshot of cumulative tests. |