Covid-19 Death Toll Rises to 3,456 as 283 Test Positive – LitKenya

The Ministry of Health on Sunday, 20th June, announced 283 new Covid-19 cases, raising the national caseload to 179,075.

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said in a press statement issued in Nairobi that the cases were detected from 3,452 samples tested within the same period, bringing the total to 1,904,519. The country’s positivity rate is at 8.2 per cent.

Of the new cases, 272 are Kenyans while 11 are foreigners with 132 being males and 151 females. The youngest is a two-month-old infant while the oldest is 92.

Some 73 patients have recovered from the disease, 61 from the Home-Based Care Program, while 12 have been discharged from various hospitals countrywide. The total number of recoveries now stands at 122,704.

The national death toll rose to 3,456 after nine more patients succumbed to the virus.

There are 1,106 patients currently admitted to various health facilities countrywide, while 5,488 patients are under the Home-Based Isolation and Care program.

At the same time, 99 patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 32 of whom are on ventilatory support and 50 on supplemental oxygen. 17 patients are under observation.

Another 117 patients are separately on supplemental oxygen with 107 of them in general wards and 10 in High Dependency Units (HDU).

The cases are distributed in counties as follows: Nairobi 88, Kisii 33, Uasin Gishu 26, Kisumu 24, Mombasa 19, Siaya 15, Homa Bay, Busia and Nandi 10 cases each, Meru seven, Kilifi and Kakamega six cases each, Nakuru five, Narok three, Kiambu, Kwale, Machakos, Taita Taveta and Bungoma two cases each while Muranga, Nyamira, Nyeri, Bomet, Lamu, Turkana, Vihiga, Elgeyo Marakwet, Isiolo, Kajiado and Kericho had one case each.

Vaccination: As of today, a total of 1,183,376 vaccines have so far been administered across the country. Of these, the total first doses are 995,012 while the second doses are 188,364.

The uptake of the second dose among those who received their first dose is at 18.9 per cent with the majority being males at 56 per cent while males are at 44 per cent. Proportion of adults fully vaccinated is 0.72 per cent.

The uptake of the second dose by priority groups is as follows: health workers 51,691, aged 58 years and above 51,135, others 50,104, teachers 21,701 while security officers are at 13,733.

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