432 people have tested positive for the disease, from a sample size of 3,800 tested in the last 24 hours. The positivity rate is now 11.4%. Total confirmed positive cases are now 171,658 and cumulative tests so far conducted are 1,822,216. New cases by County; Kisumu 145, Nairobi 52, Siaya 34, Mombasa 26, Migori 21, […]
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Man gets swabbed for Covid-19 test. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]
Kenya has recorded 432 Covid-19 infections out of a sample size of 3,800 tested in the last 24 hours; a positivity rate of 11.4 per cent. The total confirmed cases are now 171,658 and cumulative tests so far are 1,822,216.
Kisumu County leads in Covid-19 cases today as 145 people test positive for the disease. Nairobi came in second with 52 new infections while Elgeyo Marakwet, Garissa, Laikipia, Machakos and Mandera counties all recorded one case each.
Out of the cases recorded today, 424 are Kenyans and eight are foreigners with 229 being males and 203 females.
Today, 306 patients have recovered 217 from the Home Based and Isolation Care and 89 are from various health facilities.
16 succumb to virus as 92 others fight for life in ICU
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Hospital COVID Healthcare workers during an intubation procedure to a COVID patient. [File, Standard]
349 more people have tested positive for Covid-19 from a sample size of 4,208 tested in the last 24 hours.
This brings the total number of confirmed Covid-19 infections in the country to 171,084.
Sixteen deaths were reported bringing the total number of Covid-19 fatalities to 3,188. Covid 19 Time Series
“All of them are late death reports from facility record audits conducted on diverse dates in the months of April and May,” the Ministry of Health reported.
At the same time, 92 patients are battling for their lives in ICU; 21 of whom are on ventilatory support and 54 on supplemental oxygen while 17 others are under observation.