193 More Test Positive as 11 Succumb to Covid-19

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The Ministry of Health has announced 193 new Covid-19 cases, raising the country’s caseload to 321,111.

In a statement issued on Friday, 28th January, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the latest figure was derived from the 5,207 samples tested in the last 24 hours.

This brings to 3,211,810 the cumulative number of Covid-19 tests. The country’s positivity rate now stands at 3.7 per cent.

Kagwe said 1,018 patients have recovered from the disease, 924 are from the Home-Based Isolation and Care program while 94 are from various health facilities countrywide The total number of recoveries now stands at 294,035.

Sadly, 11 patients have succumbed to the disease pushing the cumulative fatalities to 5,578.

There are 548 patients are currently admitted to various health facilities countrywide, while 4,950 are under the Home-Based Isolation and Care program.

At the same time, 20 patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and all of them are on ventilatory support.

Another 137 patients are on supplemental oxygen and 136 of them are in the general wards. One patient is in the High Dependency Unit (HDU).

Vaccination: As of 27th January 2022, a total of 11,858,965 vaccines have been administered across the country. Of these, 6,395,879 are partially vaccinated while those fully vaccinated are 5,291,450.

Another 40,253 are doses administered to those between 15 to 18 years while 131,383 are booster doses. The uptake of the second dose among those who received their first dose was 62.5 per cent. The proportion of adults fully vaccinated was 19.4 per cent. The Government is working towards vaccinating a targeted population of 27,246,033

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