Africa-Press – Kenya. Kenya on Monday recorded 223 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the country’s caseload to 317,857, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has said.
The CS in a press briefing confirmed that this was from a sample size of 3,456 recordings representing a positivity rate of 6.5 per cent.
The cumulative tests stand at 3,151,279.
The country’s fatalities have risen to 5,499 after another 11 patients succumbed to the disease.
Kagwe said there are 991 patients currently admitted in various health facilities countrywide, while 9,905 are under the Home-Based Isolation and Care program.
Some 42 patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 40 of them on ventilatory support while two are on supplemental oxygen.
Another 226 patients are on supplemental oxygen and 221 of them are in the general wards. Five patients are in the High Dependency Unit (HDU).
Meanwhile,900 patients have recovered from the disease, 759 from the Home-Based Isolation and Care program and 141 are from various health facilities countrywide.
Total recoveries now stand at 285,627 of whom 234,345 are from the Home-Based Care and Isolation program, while 51,282 are from various health facilities countrywide.
VACCINATION CAMPAIGN
As of January 16, a total of 11,096,104 vaccines have been administered across the country.
Of these, 6,204,659 are partially vaccinated while those fully vaccinated are 4,770,760.
Another30,351 are doses administered to those between 15 to 18 years while 90,334 are booster doses.
The proportion of adults fully vaccinated was 17.5 per cent.
The Government is working towards vaccinating a targeted population of 27,246,033.
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