Covid-19: Kenya records 531 new cases with a positivity rate of 6.5%

Kenya has recorded 531 new COVID-19 cases from a sample size of 8,154 tested in the last 24 hours bringing the cumulative positive cases to 185,591 and the positivity rate stands at 6.5%

A statement by the Ministry of Health reads, 

“From the cases 515 are Kenyans while 16 are foreigners. 274 are males and 257 females. The youngest is a one-year-old while the oldest is 93 years.” 

Total recoveries stand at 126,956 as 276 patients have recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours. From the new recoveries, 151 are from the Home Based and Isolation Care program while 125 from various health facilities countrywide.

Sadly, 20 more patients are reported to have succumbed to the disease, pushing the cumulative fatalities to 3,671.

Currently, total of 1,144 patients are admitted in various health facilities countrywide, while  5,785 patients are under Home Based Isolation and Care program.

From the 124 patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 39 are on ventilatory support, 51 on supplemental oxygen while 34 patients are under observation.

The Ministry added, “Another 152 patients are separately on supplemental oxygen with 137 of than in general wards and 15 in High Dependency Units (HDU).”

So far, total of 1,468,908 vaccines have so far been administered across the country. This includes a total first doses which stand at 1,016,190 while second doses are 452,718.