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Kenya's Covid-19 Cases Surpass 190,000 Mark

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Nyakundi Report

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This archive report was first published on 14 July 2021.

On July 14, 2021, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe reported 480 new Covid-19 infections from 5,120 samples tested over the last 24 hours.

The total confirmed positive cases are now 190,183, and cumulative samples tested so far stand at 2,028,927.

According to the county distribution, Nairobi recorded 178 new cases, followed by Nakuru with 54 cases, Kiambu with 40 cases, and other counties with varying numbers of cases.

As of July 14, 2021, a total of 1,075 patients were admitted in various health facilities countrywide, while 4,486 were under the Home Based Isolation and Care program.

121 patients were in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), with 37 on ventilatory support, 58 on supplemental oxygen, and 26 under observation.

Another 216 patients were separately on supplemental oxygen, with 200 in general wards and 16 in High Dependency Units (HDU).

The Ministry of Health reported 148 more discharged patients who recovered from the disease, 81 from Home-based Isolation and Care, and 67 from various health facilities countrywide.

Five patients have succumbed to the disease, with all deaths reported after conducting facility record audits in the months of October and November 2020 and June 2021.

As of July 14, 2021, a total of 1,565,344 vaccines had been administered across the country, with 1,030,853 first doses and 534,491 second doses.

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