COVID STATUS

Kenya records 67 new Covid cases

No patient has succumbed to the disease and therefore cumulative fatalities remain at 5,672.

In Summary

•The youngest is one year old while the oldest is 98 years old.

• He said the total confirmed cases are now 337, 456 and cumulative tests so far conducted are 3,814,433.

Health CS Mutahi Kagwe issues a statement on the Covid-19 sitaution in the country.
Health CS Mutahi Kagwe issues a statement on the Covid-19 sitaution in the country.
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Kenya recorded 67 new Covid cases on Wednesday from a sample size of 1,924 tested in the last 24 hours.

The positivity rate is now at 3.5 per cent.

In a statement Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said 55 are Kenyans while 12 are foreigners.

Kagwe added that 36 are males while 32 are females.

The youngest is one year-old while the oldest is 98 years old.

He said the total confirmed cases are now 337, 456 and cumulative tests so far conducted are 3,814,433.

"Nairobi accounted for 34 cases, Uasin Gishu 12, Kilifi five, Meru four, Isiolo two, Kiambu two, Kisumu two, Kericho and Kwale each one case," he said.

He added that 50 patients have recovered from the disease, 48 from Home Based and Isolation Care Program with the other two from various health facilities countrywide.

The total recoveries are 331, 070 of whom 277,535 are from the Home Based Care and Isolation program while 53,535 are from various health facilities countrywide.

Kagwe said no patient has succumbed to the disease and therefore cumulative fatalities remain at 5,672.

"There are 53 patients currently admitted in our health facilities while661 are under the Home-Based Isolation and Care program. One patient is in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and is on ventilatory support," Kagwe said.

"Another five are in the General Wards and are all on supplemental oxygen. No patient is in the High Dependency Unit (HDU)."

As of July 26, a total of 19, 826,245 vaccines have been administered across the country.

The total number of vaccines administered in the last 24 hours is 140,731 while that of fully vaccinated is 41, 469.

He said the proportion of vaccinated adults was 33.1 per cent.  

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

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