In the last 24 hours, Kenya has recorded 731 new positive Covid-19 cases out of a sample size of 4,513 tested thereby pushing the total number of positive cases to 113,967.
On Monday, the Ministry of Health issued a statement on the status, adding that five more people had succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, pushing the cumulative fatality to 1,918.
The statement reads, “Cumulative tests so far conducted are 1,373,839. From the cases 691 are Kenyans while 40 are foreigners. 436 are males and 295 are females. The youngest is a one-year-old baby while the oldest is 84.”
Total recoveries now stand at 88,596 as 191 patients have recovered from the disease. From the 191 recoveries, 166 are from the Home Based and Isolation Care while 25 are from various health facilities.
The Ministry of Health also stated that 678 patients are currently admitted in various health facilities countrywide, while 2,129 patients are on Home Based Isolation and Care.
It stated, “109 patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 23 of whom are on ventilatory support and 72 on supplemental oxygen. 14 patients are on observation. Another 24 patients are separately on supplementary oxygen with all of them in general wards.”
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