Covid-19 Caseload Hits 211,828 as 800 Test Positive

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Kenya on Sunday, 8th August announced 800 new Covid-19 cases from a sample size of 6,530 tested in the last 24 hours bringing to 211,828 the number of confirmed cases in the country.

This brings to 2,190,806 the cumulative number of tests conducted since March last year. The country’s positivity rate is at 12.3 per cent.

Of the new cases, 777 are Kenyans while 23 are foreigners with 386 are females while 414 males. The youngest is a two-month-old infant while the oldest is 98.

The number of Covid-19 deaths continued to rise as 32 more patients succumbed to the virus bringing the total number of fatalities to 4,149.

A total of 278 patients have recovered from the disease with 149 from various health facilities countrywide while 129 are from Home-Based Isolation and Care. The total number of recoveries now stands at 197,307.

There are 1,719 patients currently admitted to various health facilities countrywide, while 7,783 are under the Home-Based Isolation and Care program.

Some 133 patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 58 of whom are on ventilatory support, 68 on supplemental oxygen and seven patients are under observation.

Another 579 patients are separately on supplemental oxygen with 542 of them in general wards and 37 in High Dependency Units (HDU).

The cases are spread in counties as follows; Nairobi 286, Mombasa 102, Kiambu 101, Kitui 41, Taita Taveta 40, Nakuru 30, Turkana 29, Kajiado 22, Muranga 21, Kilifi and Uasin Gishu 18 cases each, Machakos 13, Nandi 11, Garissa 10, Nyeri nine, Meru seven, Bomet six, Embu five, Laikipia and Lamu four cases each, Nyandarua three, Kakamega, Kirinyaga, Kisii, Kwale, Narok and Siaya two cases each while Tana River, Homa Bay, Isiolo, Busia, Kisumu, Makueni, Elgeyo Marakwet and Kericho had one case each.

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