Covid-19 Cases Increase by 91 as 23 More Succumb

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The Ministry of Health has announced 91 new Covid-19 cases from the 3,229 samples tested in the last 24 hours, bringing the country’s caseload to 320,229.

The cumulative number of samples tested so far stands at 3,186,286. The country’s positivity rate is at 2.8 per cent.

In a statement issued on Sunday, 23rd January, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe announced that from the cases, 71 are Kenyans while 20 are foreigners with 51 males and 40 females. The youngest is an 11-year-old child while the oldest is 101.

Kagwe said 1,814 patients had recovered from the disease with 1,676 from the home-based isolation and care programme while 138 are from various health facilities. The total number of recoveries now stands at 291,361.

Sadly, 23 patients succumbed to the disease, pushing the cumulative deaths to 5,454.

Currently, there are 746 patients admitted to various health facilities countrywide, while 6,011 are under the home-based isolation and care programme.

Some 40 patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with 38 of them in ventilatory support while two are on supplemental oxygen.

Another 172 patients are on supplemental oxygen, with all of them being in the general wards. No patient is in the High Dependency Unit (HDU).

Vaccination: As of 22nd January 2022, a total of 11,542,128 vaccines have been administered across the country. Of these, 6,315,808 are partially vaccinated while those fully vaccinated are 5,074,497.

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