Covid-19

Kenya records 16 new cases of Covid-19, 7 recoveries

The positivity rate is now at 0.8 per cent.

In Summary

•The total confirmed positive cases are now 323,557 and cumulative tests so far conducted are 3,551,967.

•Proportion of adults fully vaccinated was 30.1 per cent.

Health CS Mutahi Kagwe during the launch of mass Covid-19 vaccination drive in Dagoretti at the Deputy County Commissioner's office on February 3, 2022.
Health CS Mutahi Kagwe during the launch of mass Covid-19 vaccination drive in Dagoretti at the Deputy County Commissioner's office on February 3, 2022.
Image: CHARLENE MALWA

Kenya recorded 16 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday from a sample of 2001 collected in the last 24 hours.

In a statement released by Health CS Mutahi Kagwe, from the cases, 10 are Kenyans while 6 are foreigners. 11 are males while 5 are females.

 The positivity rate is now at 0.8 per cent.

In terms of County distribution; Nairobi 12 and Mombasa 4.

The youngest is a 23-year-old while the oldest is 81 years old.

Total confirmed positive cases are now 323,557 and cumulative tests so far conducted are 3,551,967.

The total number of vaccines administered in the last 24 hours is 450 while the total number of people fully vaccinated in the last 24 hours is 248.

Vaccination campaign

The proportion of adults fully vaccinated was 30.1 per cent.

The Government is working towards vaccinating a targeted population of 27,246,033.

A total of 17,759,257 vaccines have been administered across the country. Of these, 2,652,807 are partially vaccinated while those fully vaccinated are 8,205,815.

Another 1,233,033 are doses administered to those between 15 to 17 years while 287,134 are booster doses.

Distribution of positive cases by age is as follows; 0-9 years (0), 10-19 years (0), 20-29 years (2), 30-39 (7), 40-49 (5), 50-59 (0), 60 years and above (2).

As of Monday 11, 7 patients have recovered from the disease, all of them from the Home-Based Isolation and Care.

This pushes the total recoveries to 317,782 of whom 264,767 are from the HomeBased Care and Isolation program, while 53,015 are from various health facilities countrywide.

Fortunately, no death has been reported and therefore the cumulative fatalities remain at 5,648.

Cumulative deaths by age; 0-9 years (62), 10-19 years (43), 20- 29 (149), 30-39 years (409), 40-49 years (647), 50-59 years (1,029), 60 years and above (3,309).

A total of 14 patients are currently admitted to various health facilities countrywide, while 111 are under the Home-Based Isolation and Care program.

No patient is in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or on supplemental oxygen or in the general wards. No patient is in the High Dependency Unit (HDU).


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