Kenya has lost 14 more people to Covid-19 which now brings the total number of cases to 3,035.
On Wednesday the cases increased by 376 from a sample size of 4,153 tested in the last 24 hours. The positivity rate is now 9.1%. The total number of confirmed positive cases now stands at 166,382 and cumulative tests so far conducted are 1,756,846.
"14 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, 7 of them having occurred on diverse dates within the last one month while 7 are late deaths reported after conducting facility record audits in the last one month. This now pushes the cumulative fatalities to 3,035," MoH explained.
An additional 318 patients have recovered from the disease with 248 being from the Home-Based and Isolation Care, while 70 are from various health facilities countrywide.
This brings the total number of recoveries to 117,235. Notably, 83,054 are from the Home Based Care and Isolation program, while 31,181 are from various health facilities.
About 1,074 patients are currently admitted to various health facilities countrywide, while 4,626 patients are under the Home-Based Isolation and Care Program.
MoH reported that 107 patients are in the ICU, 21 of whom are on ventilatory support and 69 on supplemental oxygen. Another 17 patients are under observation.
93 patients are separately on supplemental oxygen with 89 of them in general wards and 4 in High Dependency Units.
As of today, a total of 945,597 persons have so far been vaccinated against the COVID-19 disease countrywide. Of these 287,215 are aged 58 years and above, Health workers 163,167, Teachers 148,353, Security Officers 79,948 while Others are 266,914.
