A total of 719 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours. – By Gerald Gekara.
In a statement from the Ministry of Health, the cases were discovered from a sample size of 4,732 tested in the last 24 hours, bringing to 62,488 the number of confirmed positive cases in the country. Our cumulative tests are now 742,481.
In terms of nationalities, of the cases, 685 are Kenyans while 34 are foreigners.
Distribution of the cases by Counties is as follows; Nairobi (336), Mombasa (84), Busia (50), Kiambu (45), Turkana (33), Kajiado (24), Kitui (21), Nyeri (20), Garissa (20), Nakuru (18), Kakamega (17), Mandera (14), Machakos (9), while Kilifi, Kirinyaga, and Trans Nzoia reported (4) cases each.
Other cases were confirmed in; Homabay, Tharaka Nithi had (3) cases each, Nyandarua, and Meru each reporting (2) cases. Isiolo, Kwale, Nyamira, Laikipia, Migori and Embu had 1 case each.
912 patients have recovered from the disease, 782 from the Home-Based Care Program, while 130 have been discharged from various hospitals. Total recoveries now stand at 41,931.
According to Health ministry reports, 1,316 patients are currently admitted in various health facilities countrywide, while 5,623 are on Home Based Isolation and Care. 60 patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 23 of whom are on ventilatory support and 32 on supplemental oxygen.
Another 70 patients are separately on supplementary oxygen out of whom 59 are in the general wards, while 11 are in the High Dependency Unit (HDU).
However, 8 patients have succumbed to the disease bringing the fatality to 1,111.