Editor's Review

  • 80 people tested positive to the disease.
  • An additional 13 patients are separately on supplementary oxygen.
  • 26 patients have recovered from the disease.

Kenya's coronavirus positivity rate has fallen by 2.1 per cent as daily infections decline to a two-digit low of 80 cases.

On Sunday 80 people tested positive to the disease, out of a sample size of 3,733 tested in the last 24 hours.

The total confirmed positive cases are now 99,162. The cumulative tests so far conducted are 1,125,679. From the cases, 62 are Kenyans while 18 are foreigners.

"County distribution of new cases; Nairobi 62, Meru 4, Busia 3, Kwale 3, Kiambu 2, Kericho 1, Kilifi 1, Makueni 1, Mombasa 1, Nyandarua 1 and Uasin Gishu 1," a statement from the Ministry of Health (MoH) read.

"26 patients have recovered from the disease. 24 from the Home-Based Isolation and Care, while 2 are from our various facilities. The total recoveries now stand at 82,350. 3 patients have succumbed to the disease raising the fatality to 1,731," it continued.

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Currently, there are 699 patients admitted in various health facilities countrywide, while 1,642 are on Home Based Isolation and Care. 30 patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 14 of whom are on ventilatory support and 13 on supplemental oxygen. 3 are under observation.

An additional 13 patients are separately on supplementary oxygen with 12 of them in the general wards. 1 patient is in the High Dependency Unit.