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Africa-Press<\/a> – Kenya<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Kenya’s Covid-19 positivity rate has doubled in the past 24 hours. Today it stands at 12.4 percent from yesterday’s 6.3 percent.<\/p>\n

In a press release, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe noted that 572 individuals have tested positive for Covid-19 from a sample size of 4,624 tested in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n

From the cases, 526 are Kenyans while 46 are foreigners. 354 are male and 218 are female. The youngest is a eight-month-old infant while the oldest is 97 years.<\/p>\n

The total confirmed positive cases in the country stands at 163,238 and the cumulative tests conducted so far are 1,715,038.<\/p>\n

476 patients have recovered. 219 from home-based and isolation care and 257 from various health facilities. Total recoveries now stand at 110,653.<\/p>\n

Sadly, 18 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of fatalities to 2,883.<\/p>\n

4 of the deaths occurred on diverse dates within the last month and 13 being death reports from facility record audits.<\/p>\n

A total of 1,103 patients have been hospitalised in various hospitals while 6,295 are on home-based care.<\/p>\n

131 patients are in the Intensive Care Unit, 26 on ventilators and 80 on supplementary oxygen.<\/p>\n

A total of 915,968 persons have been vaccinated against the Covid-19 disease countrywide. Of these 534,355 are aged 58 years and above, Health workers 160,862, Teachers 143,525 and Security Officers 77,226.<\/p>\n

The health ministry urged Kenyans to be vigilant in the fight against the pandemic primarily after five cases of the Covid-19 variant from India were detected on Thursday last week.<\/p>\n

The ministry cautioned Kenyans against the variant pointing out that it was 15 times more deadly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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