Kenya’s Covid Cases Near 246,000, Positivity Rate Down to 5.9pc

As of Friday, 1,472 patients had been hospitalised with Covid-19 countrywide while 3,309 were being treated at home.

Of the admitted patients, 119 were under intensive care, 86 of them on ventilator support, 27 on supplemental oxygen and six under observation.

Another 543 patients were separately on supplemental oxygen, 505 of them in general wards and 38 in high dependency units.

According to CS Kagwe, a total of 3,290,450 vaccines doses have been administered across the country so far – 2,439,528 first doses and 850,922 second doses.

The uptake rate of the second dose on Friday stood at 35 per cent, with the majority of the recipients being male (55 per cent), while the proportion of adults fully vaccinated was 3.1 per cent.

Africa summary

Meanwhile, the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Africa reached 8,119,719 as of Friday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.

The Africa CDC, the specialised healthcare agency of the African Union, in its continental Covid-19 dashboard indicated that the death toll from the pandemic across the continent stands at 205,813.

Some 7,433,077 patients across the continent have recovered from the disease so far, it was noted.

South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya and Ethiopia are among the countries with the most cases in the continent, according to the agency.

In terms of the caseload, southern Africa is the most affected region, followed by the northern and eastern parts of the continent, while central Africa is the least affected region in the continent, according to the Africa CDC.