Kenya recorded 111 new Covid-19 cases on Monday from a sample size of 1,948 tested in the last 24 hours bringing the positivity to 5.7% per cent.
The total number of confirmed cases in the country now stands at 168,543 from a total of 1,783,374 cumulative tests conducted since March.
Of the new cases, 108 are Kenyans while 3 are foreigners with 62 being male while 49 are female.
The youngest is a two-year-old child while the oldest is 89 years old.
142 patients have recovered from the disease, 137 from the Home-Based Care Program, while 5 have been discharged from various hospitals.
Total recoveries now stand at 114,679 of 83,353 are from Home Based Care and Isolation while 31,326 are from various health facilities.
14 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, all of them being late death reports arising after conducting facility record audits within the last one month.
This now brings the cumulative number of fatalities in the country to 3,073.
New deaths by age are as follows 0-9 years (2), 10-19 years (3), 20-29 years (12), 30-39 (28) 40-49 (25) 50-59 (17) 60 years and above (24).
Cumulative deaths by age; 0-9 years (0), 10-19 years (0), 20-29 (0), 30-39 years (0), 40-49 years (2), 50-59 years (3), 60 years and above (9).
1,086 patients are currently admitted to various health facilities countrywide, while 4,770 patients are on Home Based Isolation and Care.
According to Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe, 121 patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 25 of whom are on ventilatory support and 68 on supplemental oxygen. 28 patients are on observation.
Another 86 patients are separately on supplemental oxygen with 79 of them in general wards and 7 in High Dependency Units (HDU).
In terms of County distribution; Nairobi 52, Machakos 11, Kisii 9, Siaya 7, Kericho 5, Homa Bay, Mombasa and Kiambu 4 cases each, Mandera 3, Nyeri and Migori 2 cases each, Kisumu, Kwale, Laikipia, Meru, Murang’a, Nakuru, Uasin Gishu and Kilifi 1 case each.
So far Kenya has vaccinated a total of 954,515 persons against the COVID-19 disease.
Out of the 954,515 persons, 289,900 are aged 58 years and above, others 269,541, health workers 164,053, teachers 150,303 while security officers are 80,718.
