1,034 test positive as eight succumb to Covid-19

530 are females and 504 are males with the youngest being a five-month-old child while the oldest is 103 years.  

3,611 patients have recovered from the disease, 3,493 from the Home-Based Isolation and Care program while 118 are  from various health facilities countrywide.

Total recoveries now  stand at 268,573 of whom 218,490 are from the Home-Based  Care and Isolation program, while 50,083 are from various health  facilities countrywide.  

Unfortunately, 8 patients have succumbed to the disease, all of  them being late deaths reported after conducting facility record audits in the months of December 2021 and January 2022. This  now pushes the cumulative fatalities to 5,454.

A total of 1,225 patients are currently admitted in various health  facilities countrywide, while 23,107 are under the Home-Based  Isolation and Care program. 45 patients are in the Intensive Care  Unit (ICU), 44 of them on ventilatory support while one is on  supplemental oxygen.

Another 308 patients are on supplemental oxygen and 303 of  them are in the general wards. 5 patients are in the High  Dependency Unit (HDU).

Vaccination campaign

As of January 9th 2022, a total of 10,609,955 vaccines had so far  been administered across the country. Of these, 6,047,125 are partially vaccinated while those fully vaccinated are 4,486,533.

Another 24,326 are doses administered to those between 15 to 18 years while 51,971 are booster doses.

The uptake of the second dose among those who received their first dose was at 56.7%. Proportion of adults fully vaccinated was 16.5%.

The government is working towards vaccinating a  targeted population of 27,246,033.