{"id":19793,"date":"2020-12-27T21:12:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T21:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=19793"},"modified":"2020-12-27T19:30:44","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T19:30:44","slug":"kenyas-covid-19-positivity-rate-falls-below-5-percent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyas-covid-19-positivity-rate-falls-below-5-percent","title":{"rendered":"Kenya&#8217;s Covid-19 Positivity Rate Falls Below 5 Percent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Kenya has recorded 80 more Covid-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours as the country&#8217;s total caseload rises to 95,923.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement by Health CS Mutahi Kagwe on Sunday, December 27, the cases were reported from a sample size of 1,601 which puts the positivity rate at 4.99%.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, December 26, the positivity rate was at 6.6% with 130 people testing positive from a sample size of 1,973.<\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s update, 425 patients were discharged, 369 being from the home-based care program while 56 have been discharged from various hospitals bringing the total number of recoveries to 77,423.<\/p>\n<p>Regrettably, three patients succumbed to the disease bringing the total number of deaths to 1,658.<\/p>\n<p>Of the positive cases, 51 are male and 29 are female while the youngest case is a three-year-old child and the oldest is aged 98.<\/p>\n<p>Distribution of the cases by counties, Nairobi 55, Busia 7, Lamu 5, Kiambu 4, Murang&#8217;a 3, Kilifi 2, Kajiado, Kericho, Kitui and Nakuru had one case each.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, there are 651 patients admitted to various health facilities countrywide and 3,417 on home-based isolation and care.<\/p>\n<p>38 patients are in the intensive care unit, 18 of whom are on ventilatory support and 17 on supplemental oxygen. 3 are on observation.<\/p>\n<p>Another 33 patients are separately on supplementary oxygen out of whom 26 are in the general wards.<\/p>\n<p>7 patients are in the high dependency unit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. Kenya has recorded 80 more Covid-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours as the country&#8217;s total caseload rises to 95,923. In a statement by Health CS Mutahi Kagwe on Sunday, December 27, the cases were reported from a sample size of 1,601 which puts the positivity rate at 4.99%. 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