646 Test Positive as Covid-19 Death Toll Hits 3,556 – LitKenya

The Ministry of Health has announced 646 new Covid-19 cases, raising the country’s caseload to 181,885.

In a statement issued on Friday, 25th June, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the latest figure was derived from 6,429 samples tested in the last 24 hours.

This brings to 1,933,402 the cumulative number of Covid-19 tests. The country’s positivity rate stands at 10.1 per cent.

Of the new cases, 626 are Kenyans while 20 are foreigners, with 351 being males and 295 females. The youngest is a seven-month-old baby while the oldest is 95.

Kagwe said 391 patients have recovered from the disease, 211 from the home-based and isolation care programme, while 180 are from various health facilities. The total number of recoveries now stands at 123,853.

Some 18 more patients have succumbed, raising the death toll to 3,556.

There are 1,017 patients admitted to various health facilities countrywide while 6,653 patients are under the home-based isolation and care programme. 

At the same time, 102 patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 33 of whom are on ventilatory support, 52 on supplemental oxygen and 17 patients under observation.

Another 128 patients are separately on supplemental oxygen with 119 of them in general wards and 9 in High Dependency Units (HDU).

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