Kenya Records 204 New Covid-19 Cases, 21 More Deaths – LitKenya

The Ministry of Health on Sunday, 27th June, announced 204 new Covid-19 cases, raising the country’s caseload to 182,597.

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said that the latest figure was derived from 2,971 samples tested in the last 24 hours. This brings to 1,943,037 the cumulative number of Covid-19 tests. The country’s positivity rate is at 6.9 percent.

From the cases, 198 are Kenyans while six are foreigners. There are 110 males and 94 females. The youngest is a two-month-old infant, while the oldest is 89.

The national death toll rose to 3,595 after 21 more patients succumbed to the virus.

Kagwe said 44 patients had recovered, 33 from the home-based and isolation care programme, while 11 are from various health facilities countrywide. The total number of recoveries now stands at 124,436.

Kagwe said 44 patients have recovered, 33 from the Home-Based and Isolation Care program while 11 are from various health facilities countrywide. The total number of recoveries now stands at 124,436.

Currently, there are 1,051 patients admitted in various health facilities, while 6,760 patients are under Home-Based Isolation and Care program. 

Some 101 patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 33 of whom are on ventilatory support, 53 on supplemental oxygen and 15 patients are under observation.

Another 114 patients are separately on supplemental oxygen with 105 of them in general wards and 9 in High Dependency Units (HDU).

Vaccination: As of 26th June 2021, a total of 1,287,776 vaccines had so far been administered across the country. Of these, total first doses are 1,002,499 while second doses are 285,277.

The uptake of the second dose among those who received their first dose is at 28.5 per cent with the majority being males at 56 per cent while females are at 44 per cent. Proportion of adults fully vaccinated is 1.09 per cent.

The uptake of the second dose by priority groups is as follows: Aged 58 years and above 83,526, others 76,962, health workers 68,067, teachers 35,503 while security officers are at 21,219.

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