The country’s positivity rate at 3.5 per cent as 72 people test positive

The country’s positivity rate is now at 3.5 per cent as 72 people have tested positive to Covid-19.

The positive cases comes from a sample size of 2,056 tested in the last 24 hours.

From the cases 63 are Kenyans and 9 are foreigners.

In a statement, the Health Ministry have stated that 45 are males and 27 females, the youngest being a one-year-old-baby while the oldest is 84 years.

“The total confirmed positive cases are now 165,537 and cumulative tests so far conducted are 1,746,449,” states the ministry.

Distribution of positive cases by age is as follows; 0-9 years (3), 10-19 years (3), 20-29 years (8), 30-39 years (15), 40-49 years (20), 50-59 years (13), 60 and above (10).

According to Health Cabinet Secretary, 262 patients have recovered from the disease, 235 from the Home Based and Isolation Care, while 27 are from various
health facilities countrywide.

The total recoveries now stand at 113,874 of whom 82,777 are from Home Based Care and Isolation, while 31,097 are from various health facilities countrywide.

A total of 1,036 patients are currently admitted in various health facilities countrywide, while 4,729 patients are under the Home Based Isolation and Care Program.

108 patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 23 of whom are on ventilatory support and 70 on supplemental oxygen. 15 patients are under observation.

Another 84 patients are separately on supplemental oxygen with 79 of them in general wards and 5 in High Dependency Units (HDU).

However, 10 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, 3 of them having occurred on diverse dates within the last one month while 7 are late deaths reported after conducting facility record audits within the last one month.

This now pushes the cumulative fatalities to 3,013.

The new deaths by age; 0-9 years (0), 10-19 years (0), 20-29 (0), 30-39 years (1), 40-49 years (0), 50-59 years (2), 60 years and above (7).

Cumulative deaths by age; 0-9 years (54), 10-19 years (20), 20-29 (104), 30-39 years (250), 40-49 years (385), 50-59 years (639), 60 years and above (1,561).

In terms of County distribution; Nairobi 28, Mombasa 22, Busia 9, Kilifi 3, Embu and Homa Bay 2 cases each, Kwale, Laikipia, Machakos, Nakuru, Nyeri and Kiambu 1 case each.
In terms of Sub County distribution; the 28 cases in Nairobi are from Langata (4), Dagoretti North, Kibra and Starehe (3) cases each, Kamukunji and Makadara (2) cases each, Dagoretti South, Embakasi Central, Embakasi East, Embakasi North, Embakasi South, Embakasi West, Kasarani, Mathare, Roysambu, Ruaraka and Westlands (1) case each.