246 COVID Cases Recorded As Positivity Hits 9.9 Percent

According to the Ministry of Health, 246 people tested positive for COVID-19 out of a total of 2,484 people tested in the last 24 hours.
According to Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe in a statement to newsrooms on Sunday, the country’s positivity rate has risen to 9.9 per cent.

The cases included 196 Kenyans and 50 foreigners; 135 men and 111 women, with the youngest being five years old and the oldest being 90 years old.

Nairobi had the most cases (191), followed by Nyeri (17), Kiambu (9), Kitui (7), Garissa (6), Mombasa (4), Murang’a (3), Kisumu (2), Nakuru (2), Busia, Kisii, Kwale, Siaya (1), and Turkana (1).

CS Kagwe also stated that 202 patients had recovered. 198 are from the Home-Based and Isolation Care Program, while 4 are from various health facilities across the country.

“This pushes the total recoveries to 320,566 of whom 267,491 are from the Home-Based Care and Isolation program, while 53,075 are from various health facilities countrywide,” he said.

There have been no new deaths, bringing the total number of fatalities to 5,651.

As of June 18, the ministry reported that 18,582,262 vaccines had been administered across the country as part of the ongoing vaccination campaign.

The proportion of adults fully vaccinated is now 31.5%.

According to the Health Ministry, the Government is working towards vaccinating a targeted population of 27,246,033 by end of 2022.