Covid-19 Deaths Rise to 5,565 as 182 More Test Positive

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The Covid-19 death toll rose to 5,565 after three more patients succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health has announced.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, 26th January, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe also reported 182 new infections from 5,565 samples, raising the country’s caseload to 320,766.

The cumulative number of samples tested so far stands at 3,200, 937.

Out of the new cases, 173 are Kenyans while nine are foreigners with 99 being males and 83 females. The youngest is a one-year-old child while the oldest is 98.

Kagwe said 230 patients have recovered from the disease, 156 are from the Home-Based Isolation and Care program while 74 are from various health facilities countrywide.

The total number of recoveries now stands at 292,587 of whom 240,441 are from the Home-Based Care and Isolation program, while 52,146 are from various health facilities countrywide.

Sadly, three patients have succumbed to the disease, all of them being late deaths reported after conducting facility record audits in January 2022 pushing the cumulative fatalities to 5,565.

There are 653 patients currently admitted in various health facilities countrywide, while 5,460 are under the Home-Based Isolation and Care program.

Some 27 patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and all of them are on ventilatory support.

Another 142 patients are on supplemental oxygen and 141 of them are in the general wards. One patient is in the High Dependency Unit (HDU).

Vaccination: As of 25th January 2022, a total of 11,710,636 vaccines have been administered across the country. Of these, 6,358,153 are partially vaccinated while those fully vaccinated are 5,191,409.

Another 37,800 are doses administered to those between 15 to 18 years while 123,274 are booster doses.

The uptake of the second dose among those who received their first dose was at 61.7 per cent. The proportion of adults fully vaccinated was 19.1 per cent. The Government is working towards vaccinating a targeted population of 27,246,033.

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