{"id":24381,"date":"2021-03-18T20:20:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T20:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=24381"},"modified":"2021-03-18T20:20:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T20:20:07","slug":"kenya-reports-highest-daily-covid-19-deaths-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/kenya-reports-highest-daily-covid-19-deaths-in-2021","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Reports Highest Daily Covid-19 Deaths in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Thursday, March 18, announced that 1,225 people had\u00a0tested positive for Covid-19, out of a sample size of 7,308\u00a0tested in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Kagwe announced that 17\u00a0patients\u00a0succumbed to the disease during\u00a0the same period, pushing the cumulative fatality to 1,954.\u00a0This is the highest daily record of Covid-19 deaths for 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The total confirmed positive cases now stand at 117,0535. The total tests conducted so far are 1,394,748. From the cases, 1,166\u00a0are Kenyans while 59\u00a0are foreigners. 691\u00a0are males and 534\u00a0are females. The youngest is a one-year-old baby while the oldest is 93.<\/p>\n<article data-align=\"center\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenyans.co.ke\/files\/styles\/article_inner_mobile\/public\/images\/media\/Family-and-friends-gather-for-the-burial-of-Kenya%E2%80%99s-first-medic-victim-of-Covid-19-640x400.gif?itok=NR7JFPpt\" alt=\"Family and friends gather for the burial of Kenya\u2019s first medic victim of Covid-19 Dr Doreen Adisa Lugaliki at Ndalu village, Tongaren sub-county in Bungoma County. \" width=\"470\" height=\"294\" \/><\/div>\n<h6>Family and friends gather for the burial of Kenya\u2019s first medic victim of Covid-19 Dr Doreen Adisa Lugaliki at Ndalu village, Tongaren sub-county in Bungoma County.<\/h6>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>Meanwhile, 142\u00a0patients have recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours. Total recoveries now stand at 89,203.<\/p>\n<p>There are 793\u00a0patients currently admitted to various health facilities countrywide, while 2,250\u00a0patients are on Home Based Isolation and Care.<\/p>\n<p>114\u00a0patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 28\u00a0of whom are on ventilator support and 81\u00a0on supplemental oxygen. 8\u00a0in the High Dependency Unit ( HDU ).<\/p>\n<p>5 patients are on observation. Another 38\u00a0patients are separately on supplementary oxygen with 30\u00a0of them in the general wards.<\/p>\n<article data-align=\"center\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenyans.co.ke\/files\/styles\/article_inner_mobile\/public\/images\/media\/WhatsApp%20Image%202020-03-06%20at%2013.53.18%20%281%29.jpeg?itok=53LtNd9w\" alt=\"Hospital beds at a Coronavirus isolation and treatment facility in Mbagathi District Hospital on Friday, March 6, 2020.\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Hospital beds at a Coronavirus isolation and treatment facility in Mbagathi District Hospital on Friday, March 6, 2020.<\/div>\n<div>SIMON KIRAGU<\/div>\n<div>KENYANS.CO.KE<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>In terms of County distribution; Nairobi 731, Kiambu 197,\u00a0Machakos 53, Mombasa 41, Nakuru 31, I-Jasin Gishu 30, Nyeri 27,<\/p>\n<p>Kajiado 23, Garissa 11, Meru 8, Nyandarua 8, Kilifi 7, Laikipia 6,\u00a0Busia 6, Kirinyaga 6, Makueni 6, Kakamega 5, Kisii 4, Lamu 3,<\/p>\n<p>Bungoma 3, Taita Taveta 3, Kisumu 3, Baringo 2, Murang&#8217;a 2,\u00a0Nandi 2, Narok 2, Tharaka Nithi 1, Trans Nzoia 1, Elgeyo Marakwet 1, Embu 1 and Wajir 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Thursday, March 18, announced that 1,225 people had\u00a0tested positive for Covid-19, out of a sample size of 7,308\u00a0tested in the last 24 hours. At the same time, Kagwe announced that 17\u00a0patients\u00a0succumbed to the disease during\u00a0the same period, pushing the cumulative fatality to 1,954.\u00a0This is the highest daily record [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":8612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,2111,8],"tags":[939,447],"class_list":["post-24381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-coronavirus-in-kenya","category-homepage-english","tag-coronavirus","tag-mutahi-kagwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kenya Reports Highest Daily Covid-19 Deaths in 2021 - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Thursday, March 18, announced that 1,225 people had\u00a0tested positive for Covid-19, out of a sample\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/kenya-reports-highest-daily-covid-19-deaths-in-2021\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kenya Reports Highest Daily Covid-19 Deaths in 2021\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Thursday, March 18, announced that 1,225 people had\u00a0tested positive for Covid-19, out of a sample\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/kenya-reports-highest-daily-covid-19-deaths-in-2021\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-18T20:20:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/28\/2020\/05\/czsfrodu6k6a8i0eb5ecfb38f56de3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"752\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"431\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/kenya-reports-highest-daily-covid-19-deaths-in-2021#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/kenya-reports-highest-daily-covid-19-deaths-in-2021\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kenya Reports Highest Daily Covid-19 Deaths in 2021\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-18T20:20:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/kenya-reports-highest-daily-covid-19-deaths-in-2021\"},\"wordCount\":272,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/kenya-reports-highest-daily-covid-19-deaths-in-2021#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/28\/2020\/05\/czsfrodu6k6a8i0eb5ecfb38f56de3.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Coronavirus\",\"Mutahi Kagwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"Coronavirus in kenya\",\"homepage-english\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/kenya-reports-highest-daily-covid-19-deaths-in-2021#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/kenya-reports-highest-daily-covid-19-deaths-in-2021\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/kenya-reports-highest-daily-covid-19-deaths-in-2021\",\"name\":\"Kenya Reports Highest Daily Covid-19 Deaths in 2021 - 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