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Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Kenya records 174 new Covid-19 cases, 2 deaths

In the last 24 hours, Kenya recorded 174 Covid-19 cases from a sample size of 2,848, bringing the positive cases to 103,188.

Health CS Mutahi Kagwe made a statement on Tuesday, February 16, disclosing that the total tests conducted so far are 1,246,279.

From the new positive cases, 159 are Kenyans while 15 are foreigners and 92 are male while 82 are female.

The oldest case is 79 years while the youngest case is of a one-year-old baby. 

Unfortunately, two deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours. The total number of fatalities in the country now stand at 1,797.

86 patients recovered from the virus and have been discharged. 21 of them are from various health facilities across the country, while 65 are from the Home-Based Isolation and Care program.

The total number of recoveries is 85,336.

Currently, 258 patients are admitted in various health facilities countrywide, while 1,190 patients are on Home Based Isolation and Care. 

From the 37 patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 15 are on ventilatory support and 17 are on supplemental oxygen. 5 patients are on observation.

Another 11 patients are separately on supplementary oxygen with all of them in the general wards.

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