10 test positive for Covid-19, no deaths reported

The Covid-19 positivity rate now stands at 0.4% after 10 people have tested positive for the disease, from a sample size of 2,329 tested in the last 24 hours.

Of the cases, 5 are Kenyans while 5 are foreigners. 3 males while 1 is a female. The youngest is a 23-year-old while the oldest is 55 years old.

Total confirmed positive cases are now 323,806 and cumulative tests so far conducted are 3,605,860.

In terms of County distribution; Nairobi 9 and Uasin Gishu 1.

Distribution of positive cases by age is as follows; 0-9 years (0), 10-19 years (0), 20-29 years (1), 30-39 (6), 40-49 (2), 50-59 (1), 60 years and above (0).

24 patients have recovered from the disease, and all of them are from Home-Based and Isolation Care.

This pushes the total recoveries to 318,034 of whom 265,006 are from the Home-Based Care and Isolation program, while 53,028 are from various health facilities countrywide.

No patient has succumbed to the disease therefore the cumulative fatalities remain at 5,649.

A total of 4 patients are currently admitted to various health facilities countrywide, while 119 are under the Home-Based Isolation and Care program.

No patient is in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 1 patient is on supplemental oxygen and is in the general ward. No patient is in the High Dependency Unit (HDU).