Health CS Mutahi Kagwe. [File, Standard]
Healthcare workers have a reason to celebrate after the country recorded zero deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.
However, the war is not over as the country recorded an additional 124 new cases in the same period, raising the national tally of positive cases to 96,802.
The numbers come from a sample size of 2,855 bringing the total number of tests conducted to 1,055,691.
Of the new cases, 100 are Kenyans while 24 are foreigners.
A statement from the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Sunday shows that 72 of the people who have tested positive are male while 52 are female. The youngest among them is a three-month-old infant while the oldest is 86.
Kenya s Covid cases up by 366
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The national Covid-19 tally now stands at 91,892.
From the cases 346 are Kenyans while 20 are foreigners. Some 236 are men and 130 are women. Covid 19 Time Series
The youngest is a one-year-old child, while the oldest is 78.
Today, 432 patients recovered from the disease, 387 from the Home-Based Care Programme, while 45 have been discharged from various hospitals. Total recoveries now stand at 73,028.
Unfortunately, one patient has succumbed to the disease, bringing the cumulative fatalities to 1,587.
There are 967 patients admitted in various health facilities countrywide and 6,583 on Home Based Isolation and Care.
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Another 48 patients are separately on supplementary oxygen out of whom 39 are in the general wards.