{"id":41551,"date":"2021-12-13T16:10:29","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T16:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=41551"},"modified":"2021-12-13T14:22:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T14:22:37","slug":"149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5","title":{"rendered":"149 people test positive for Covid-19, positivity rate at 6.5%"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>The Ministry of Health has reported another 149 new cases of coronavirus in the country from a sample size of 2,280 tested in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n

Heath CS Mutahi Kagwe said on Monday in a statement that the positivity rate is now at 6.5 per cent.<\/p>\n

From the cases, 143 are Kenyans while 6 are foreigners.<\/p>\n

Eighty-one are females and 68 are males. The youngest patient is a one-year-old child while the oldest is 97 years.<\/p>\n

This brings the total confirmed positive cases to 256,484 and cumulative tests so far conducted are 2,891,893.<\/p>\n

In terms of distribution of cases; Nairobi leads with 123, Machakos 13, Mombasa 3, Kiambu 2, Kajiado 1, Kericho 1, Kitui 1, Nakuru 1, Narok 1, Taita Taveta 1, Uasin Gishu 1, and West Pokot 1.<\/p>\n

The CS said that 36 patients have recovered from the disease, 26 are from various health facilities countrywide while 10 are from the Home-Based Isolation and Care program.<\/p>\n

The total recoveries now stand at 248,551 of whom 200,546 are from the Home-Based Care and Isolation program, while 48,005 are from various health facilities countrywide.<\/p>\n

One patient has succumbed to the disease, pushing the cumulative fatalities to 5,349.<\/p>\n

A total of 175 patients are currently admitted to various health facilities countrywide, while 842 are under the Home-Based Isolation and Care program. Also, two patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and all of them are on ventilatory support.<\/p>\n

A total of 46 patients are on supplemental oxygen with 45 of them being in the general wards. One patient is in the High Dependency Unit (HDU).<\/p>\n

Vaccination<\/b><\/p>\n

As of December 12, 2021, a total of 8,189,322 vaccines had been administered across the country, out of which 4,928,719 were partially vaccinated while those fully vaccinated were 3,260,603.<\/p>\n

The uptake of the second dose among those who received their first dose was at 57.3 per cent.<\/p>\n

The proportion of adults fully vaccinated was 12 per cent.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Kenya<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. The Ministry of Health has reported another 149 new cases of coronavirus in the country from a sample size of 2,280 tested in the last 24 hours. Heath CS Mutahi Kagwe said on Monday in a statement that the positivity rate is now at 6.5 per cent. From the cases, 143 are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":41550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8,16],"tags":[6857,7003,544],"class_list":["post-41551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-kenya","tag-kenya"],"yoast_head":"\n149 people test positive for Covid-19, positivity rate at 6.5% - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Ministry of Health has reported another 149 new cases of coronavirus in the country from a sample size of 2,280 test ...\" \/>\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\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"149 people test positive for Covid-19, positivity rate at 6.5%\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ministry of Health has reported another 149 new cases of coronavirus in the country from a sample size of 2,280 test ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5\" \/>\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=\"2021-12-13T16:10:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/12\/img-61b7571a3fb19.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"149 people test positive for Covid-19, positivity rate at 6.5%\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-13T16:10:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5\"},\"wordCount\":303,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/12\/img-61b7571a3fb19.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Kenya\",\"Kenya\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5\",\"name\":\"149 people test positive for Covid-19, positivity rate at 6.5% - kenya\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/12\/img-61b7571a3fb19.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-13T16:10:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Ministry of Health has reported another 149 new cases of coronavirus in the country from a sample size of 2,280 test ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/12\/img-61b7571a3fb19.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/12\/img-61b7571a3fb19.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":480,\"caption\":\"149 people test positive for Covid-19, positivity rate at 6.5%\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"149 people test positive for Covid-19, positivity rate at 6.5%\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\",\"name\":\"kenya\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"149 people test positive for Covid-19, positivity rate at 6.5% - kenya","description":"The Ministry of Health has reported another 149 new cases of coronavirus in the country from a sample size of 2,280 test ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"149 people test positive for Covid-19, positivity rate at 6.5%","og_description":"The Ministry of Health has reported another 149 new cases of coronavirus in the country from a sample size of 2,280 test ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5","og_site_name":"kenya","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2021-12-13T16:10:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":480,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/12\/img-61b7571a3fb19.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"149 people test positive for Covid-19, positivity rate at 6.5%","datePublished":"2021-12-13T16:10:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5"},"wordCount":303,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/12\/img-61b7571a3fb19.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Kenya","Kenya"],"articleSection":["all news","community","homepage-english","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5","name":"149 people test positive for Covid-19, positivity rate at 6.5% - kenya","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/12\/img-61b7571a3fb19.jpg","datePublished":"2021-12-13T16:10:29+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Ministry of Health has reported another 149 new cases of coronavirus in the country from a sample size of 2,280 test ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/12\/img-61b7571a3fb19.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/12\/img-61b7571a3fb19.jpg","width":720,"height":480,"caption":"149 people test positive for Covid-19, positivity rate at 6.5%"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/149-people-test-positive-for-covid-19-positivity-rate-at-6-5#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"149 people test positive for Covid-19, positivity rate at 6.5%"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/","name":"kenya","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}