10 more deaths as Kenya's virus cases rise to 92,853
Kenya on Wednesday recorded 394 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the country's case load to 92,853, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has said.
The CS in a statement confirmed that this was from a sample size of 5,752 recording a positivity rate of 6.8 per cent.
The cumulative tests stand at 984,435.
The country's fatalities have risen to 1,614 after another 10 patents succumbed to the disease.
Kagwe said that there are 810 patients currently admitted in various hospitals across the country. Another, 6,172 patients are on the home-based care programme.
A total of 46 patients are in ICU, out of which 23 are on ventilatory support.
Also, 47 patients are separately on supplementary oxygen, out of which 36 are in general wards and 11 in the HDU.
Meanwhile, 424 patients have recovered from the disease out of which 303 were from the Homebased care program while 121 were discharged from various health facilities.
Kenya's recoveries now stand at 74,403.
From the new cases reported on Wednesday, 367 are Kenyans while 27 are foreigners.
In terms of gender, 271 are males while 123 are females and the youngest in a two-year-old child and the oldest is 93.
Nairobi leads with 167, Mombasa 59, Taita Taveta 32, Kwale 21, Kilifi 20, Nyeri 13, Kiambu 12, Nandi 7, Kakamega 7, Siaya 6, Kajiado 6, Bungoma 6, Nakuru 5, Meru 5, Nyamira 5.
Migori 5, Kisii 4, Kisumu 3, Turkana 2, Murang'a 2, Machakos 2, Narok, Mandera, Vihiga, Homabay and Lamu recorded single cases each.

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