Country’s positivity rate at 22.1 per cent as 1,127 new Covid-19 cases are reported
The Ministry of Health has today announced 1,127 new Covid-19 infections tested from a sample of 5,390 people in the last 24 hours.
This brings the cumulative test now stands at 1,425,377.
The youngest is an eight-month-old baby and the oldest is 97 years.
In a media briefing on the updates of Covid-19 updates, the Health Chief Administrative Secretary Dr. Rashid Aman said that the new infections has pushed the total of confirmed cases to 123,167 account for 22.1 per cent positivity rate, the highest this year.
” 25 more people have succumbed to the coronavirus bringing the total number of deaths related to the virus in the country since March 2020 to 2,048,” he said.
However, 210 recoveries have been reported, 110 coming from Home Based Care while 100 from health facilities.
The total recoveries now stand at 90,586.
The CAS said 1,089 patients from the new cases are Kenyans, while 38 are foreigners and 590 are males while 527 are females.
The CAS said that a total of 1,090 people has been admitted to hospitals, and 3,224 are on Home Based Isolation and Care.
Aman said that 135 patients are in ICU out of whom 34 are on ventilator support, 98 on supplemental oxygen, and eight under observation.
Another 55 are separately on supplemental oxygen out of which 42 are in the general wards.
Aman said that the Third Wave is in its early stages and the Ministry expects a rise in positive cases.
“Kenyans should be very caution in participating in any form of gatherings in order to protect themselves and others,” Aman cautioned.
