Covid-19 Positivity Rate at 0.6PC as 20 People Test Positive

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The Ministry of Health has announced 20 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, raising the national tally to 253,833.

The cases are from the 3,444 samples tested, bringing to 2,738,700 the cumulative number of tests. The country’s positivity stands at 0.6 per cent.

In a statement issued in Nairobi, on Sunday, 7th November, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe announced that from the new cases 19 are Kenyans while one is a foreigner with 13 being males while seven are females. The youngest is a 18-year-old while the oldest is 92 years.

Kagwe said that 57 patients have recovered from the disease with 56 from the Home-Based Isolation and Care program while one is from a health facility. The total number of recoveries now stands at 247,300.

Kenya reported seven more deaths, bringing the toll to 5,312.

There are 419 patients currently admitted to various health facilities countrywide, while 1,111 are under the Home-Based Isolation and Care program.
Some 36 patients are in the Intensive Care Unit, 20 of whom are on ventilatory support and 16 on supplemental oxygen. No patient is under observation.

Another 119 patients are separately on supplemental oxygen with 117 of them being in the general wards. No patient is in the High Dependency Unit.

Vaccination: As of 6th November 2021, a total of 5,624,230 vaccines had so far been administered across the country. Of these, 3,787,211 were partially vaccinated while those fully vaccinated were 1,837,019.

The uptake of the second dose among those who received their first dose was at 45.5 per cent. The  proportion of adults fully vaccinated was 6.7 per cent. The Government is working towards vaccinating a targeted population of 27,246,033.

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