Kenya s Covid-19 Cases Inch Closer to 100,000
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe addressing the media on November 26, 2020
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Kenya has recorded 139 Covid-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours raising the total caseload to 99,769.
In a statement on Friday, January 22, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe announced that 5,487 samples had been tested over the period. The country has so far conducted 1,148,030 Covid-19 tests.
Of the positive cases in the last 24 hours, 90 are male and 49 are female. The youngest is a two-year-old child while the oldest is 85.
A medical practitioner dressed in protective gear at the Coronavirus isolation and treatment facility in Mbagathi District Hospital on Friday, March 6, 2020.
Kenya on Wednesday, January 20 recorded two cases of the highly infectious coronavirus variant that was first recorded in South Africa.
The two were part of the new 136 positive Covid-19 cases recorded in the Eastern Africa country in 24 hours, bringing the country's total caseload to 99,444.
Health CAS Dr Rashid Aman. [Standard]
136 people confirmed Covid-19 positive in the last 24 hours after 3,787 samples were tested bringing total infections to 99,444 and cumulative tests to 1,134,494
Fortunately, 176 patients have recovered from the disease, 162 from the Home-Based Care Program, while 14 have been discharged from various hospitals. This increases the cumulative recoveries to 82,654.
Sadly, two patients have succumbed to the virus bringing the total number of fatalities in the country to 1,736.
There are 686 patients admitted in various health facilities countrywide and 1,625 on Home Based Isolation and Care.
An additional 30 patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 14 of whom are on ventilatory support, and 14 on supplemental oxygen. Two patients are under observation.
Health CAS Dr Rashid Aman. [File, Standard]
Kenya has recorded 65 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, shooting the national tally of positive cases to 99,227. The numbers come from a sample size of 2,681 bringing the total number of tests conducted to 1,128,360.
Of the cases, 49 are Kenyans while 16 are foreigners.
A statement from the Ministry of Health (MOH) shows that 39 of the people who have tested positive are male while 26 are female. The youngest among them is a 12-year-old child while the oldest is 84 years.
The new cases come from Nairobi 53, Kajiado 3, Mombasa 2, Kitui 2, Uasin Gishu 2, Machakos 1, Kakamega 1 and Murang’a 1.