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Africa-Press<\/a> – Kenya<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Kenya has recorded 834 new Covid-19 cases, from a sample size of 8,498 tested in the last 24 hours with a positivity rate of 9.8 per cent.<\/p>\n

Of the cases, 805 are Kenyans while 29 are foreigners. 499 are males and 335 are females. The youngest is a fourteen-day-old infant while the oldest is 100 years.<\/p>\n

During a briefing on Wednesday, April 28, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe stated that 579 patients had recovered from the disease, 293 from home-based care, and 286 from various health facilities.<\/p>\n

Total recoveries now stand at 107,882 out of which 78,500 are from home-based care and isolation, while 29,382 are from various health facilities.<\/p>\n

On a sad note, 23 deaths have been reported over the past twenty-four hours. two of them having occurred in the last 24 hours, 15 on diverse dates within the last one month and 6 being late death reports from facility record audits. The cumulative deaths so far are at 2,688.<\/p>\n

A total of 1,300 patients are currently admitted to various health facilities countrywide, while 6,978 patients are on Home-based isolation and care.<\/p>\n

198 patients are in the intensive care unit (ICU), 35 of whom are on ventilatory support and 134 on supplemental oxygen. 29 patients are on observation.<\/p>\n

As of today, a total of 853,081 persons have been vaccinated against the Covid-19 disease countrywide. Of these 494,278 are aged 58 years and above, Health workers 155,294, teachers 131,905 while Security officers 71,604.<\/p>\n

As of April 26, 2021, a total of 1,099,000 doses had been distributed to the regional depots countrywide leaving a balance of 21,000 doses at the Kitengela Central Vaccines stores.<\/p>\n

This comes as Kagwe announced that the government has suspended flights to and from India for 14 days following a spike in Covid-19 infections in the country.<\/p>\n

He urged Kenyans seeking treatment in India to seek other alternatives following the surge in Covid-19 numbers in recent weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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