Kenya has recorded 659 more covid-19 cases from a sample size of 7,962 tested in the last 24 hours.
The positivity rate now stands at 8.3% with the total number of confirmed positive cases rising to 167,535 and cumulative tests so far conducted are 1,771,236.
An additional 109 patients have recovered from the disease, 63 being from the Home-Based & Isolation Care, and 46 are from various health facilities countrywide.
The total recoveries now stand at 114,394 of whom 83,144 are from Home Based Care & Isolation, while 31,250 are from various health facilities.
"3 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, 1 having occurred in the last 24 hours while 2 are late death reported after conducting facility record audits within the last one month. This now pushes the cumulative fatalities to 3,043," MoH said in a statement.
MoH reported 1,049 patients are currently admitted in various health facilities across the country.
About 4,568 patients are under the Home-Based Isolation and Care Program while 111 patients are in the ICU, 21 of whom are on ventilator support and 67 on supplemental oxygen.
There are 23 patients are under observation. 86 patients are separately on supplemental oxygen with 81 of them in general wards and 5 in High Dependency Units (HDU).
