{"id":24798,"date":"2021-03-25T20:53:39","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T20:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=24798"},"modified":"2021-03-25T20:53:39","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T20:53:39","slug":"icu-beds-crisis-continues-as-26-die-of-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/icu-beds-crisis-continues-as-26-die-of-covid-19","title":{"rendered":"ICU Beds Crisis Continues as 26 Die of Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Health CS Mutahi Kagwe on Thursday, March 25, announced that 1,463 individuals\u00a0had tested positive\u00a0for Covid-19, out of a sample size of 8,976\u00a0tested in the last 24 hours with the positivity rate rising to 16.3\u00a0percent.<\/p>\n<p>The total number of confirmed positive Covid-19 cases now stand at 126,170. The demand for\u00a0ICU beds has escalated with 121 beds being occupied by Covid-19 patients.<\/p>\n<p>From the cases, 1,428\u00a0are Kenyans, 35\u00a0are foreigners while 802\u00a0are male and 661\u00a0are female. The youngest is a three-month-old\u00a0baby while the oldest has 103\u00a0years.<\/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\/vaccine%20arrive.JPG?itok=BwlpIIWU\" alt=\"The first batch of Covid-19 vaccine arriving in Kenya on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. \u200b\" width=\"470\" height=\"298\" \/><\/div>\n<div>The first batch of Covid-19 vaccine arriving in Kenya on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>Unfortunately, Kagwe\u00a0announced that 26\u00a0patients\u00a0succumbed to the disease.\u00a0Out of this, 3\u00a0has occurred in the last 24 hours, while 24\u00a0are late death records from facility record audits that occurred on diverse dates.<\/p>\n<p>This brings the cumulative fatality to 2,092.<\/p>\n<p>498 patients have recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours. 372 from home-based isolation care while 126 are from various health facilities. Total recoveries now stand at 91,268.<\/p>\n<p>1,080\u00a0patients are admitted in various health facilities whereas 3,825 are in home-based care isolation.<\/p>\n<p>35\u00a0are on ventilatory support, 77\u00a0on supplementary oxygen and 9\u00a0are on observation.<\/p>\n<p>Another 81\u00a0patients are on supplementary oxygen while 68\u00a0of them are in general wards and 13\u00a0in the High Dependency Unit.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of\u00a0county distribution: Nairobi 766, Nakuru 126, Meru 83, Uasin Gishu 74, Kiambu 49, Kitui 46, Machakos 44, Kericho 30, Kisumu 28, Mombasa 27, Kajiado 22, Migori 20, Bungoma 20, Busia 19, Narok 17, Nyamira 16.<\/p>\n<p>Kilifi 15, Laikipia 11, Bomet 9, Garissa 7, Siaya 7, Nandi 5, Nyeri 5, Kisii 3, Elegyo Marakwet 2, Kirinyaga 2, Makueni 2, Trans Nzoia 2, Nyandarua 1, Tharaka Nithi 1, Vihiga 1, Kwale 1, Baringo 1 and Wajir 1.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-ad article-ad-3\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1507752217570-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In terms of sub-county distribution; the 766 cases in Nairobi are from Lang&#8217;ata 86, Westlands 63, Embakasi West 56, Kibra 54, Embakasi Central 49, Embakasi North 48, Dagoretti North 47.<\/p>\n<p>Kasarani 45, Ruaraka 43, Kamukunji and Starehe 39 cases each, Embakasi East 38, Embakasi South 35, Makadara 34, Roysambu 31, Mathare 30 and Dagoretti South recorded 29 cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: Health CS Mutahi Kagwe on Thursday, March 25, announced that 1,463 individuals\u00a0had tested positive\u00a0for Covid-19, out of a sample size of 8,976\u00a0tested in the last 24 hours with the positivity rate rising to 16.3\u00a0percent. 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The demand for\u00a0ICU beds has escalated with 121 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":24335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,2111,8],"tags":[1539,447],"class_list":["post-24798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-coronavirus-in-kenya","category-homepage-english","tag-covid-19","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>ICU Beds Crisis Continues as 26 Die of Covid-19 - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Health CS Mutahi Kagwe on Thursday, March 25, announced that 1,463 individuals\u00a0had tested positive\u00a0for Covid-19, out of a\" \/>\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\/icu-beds-crisis-continues-as-26-die-of-covid-19\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ICU Beds Crisis Continues as 26 Die of Covid-19\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Health CS Mutahi Kagwe on Thursday, March 25, announced that 1,463 individuals\u00a0had tested positive\u00a0for Covid-19, out of a\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/icu-beds-crisis-continues-as-26-die-of-covid-19\" \/>\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=\"2021-03-25T20:53:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/03\/Health-CS-Mutahi-Kagwe-addressing-the-media-on-October-2020.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"470\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"235\" \/>\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\/icu-beds-crisis-continues-as-26-die-of-covid-19#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/icu-beds-crisis-continues-as-26-die-of-covid-19\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"ICU Beds Crisis Continues as 26 Die of Covid-19\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-25T20:53:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/icu-beds-crisis-continues-as-26-die-of-covid-19\"},\"wordCount\":295,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/icu-beds-crisis-continues-as-26-die-of-covid-19#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/03\/Health-CS-Mutahi-Kagwe-addressing-the-media-on-October-2020.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"COVID-19\",\"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\/icu-beds-crisis-continues-as-26-die-of-covid-19#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/icu-beds-crisis-continues-as-26-die-of-covid-19\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/icu-beds-crisis-continues-as-26-die-of-covid-19\",\"name\":\"ICU Beds Crisis Continues as 26 Die of Covid-19 - 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