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14 more deaths as Kenya records 673 new virus cases

 

Kenya on Friday recorded 673  new cases of Covid-19, bringing the country's case load to 90,978, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has said.

The CS in a statement confirmed that this was from a sample size of 8,230 recording a positivity rate of 8.1 per cent.

The cumulative tests stand at 960,364.

The country's fatalities have risen to 1,582 after another 14 patients succumbed to the disease.

Kagwe said that there are 992 patients currently admitted in various hospitals across the country. Another, 7,887 patients are on the home-based care programme.

A total of 45 patients are in ICU, out of which 26 are on ventilatory support.

Also, 52 patients are separately on supplementary oxygen, out of which 44 are in general wards and eight in the HDU.

Meanwhile, 325 patients have recovered from the disease out of which 258 were from the Homebased care program while 67  were discharged from various health facilities.

Kenya's recoveries now stand at 71,579.

From the new cases reported on Friday, 397 are Kenyans while 276 are foreigners.

In terms of gender, 397 are males while 276 are females and the youngest in a five-month-old infant and the oldest is 86.

Nairobi leads with 211, Nakuru 113, Kilifi 61, Busia 41, Migori 34, Bungoma 33, Mombasa 32, Kiambu 21, Kakamega 17, Nyeri 17, Nyamira 15, Meru 12, Kirinyaga 12, Kisumu 7, Kajiado 6, Lamu 5, Homabay 4, Taita Taveta 4, Laikipia 3, Machakos 3, Samburu 3, Turkana 3, Kericho 2, Kwale 2, Nyandarua 2, Garissa 2, Murang'a 2.

Embu, Kisii, Makueni, Uasin Gishu, Baringo and Siaya recorded single cases each.

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