This archive report was first published on 16 August 2021.
Kenya's COVID-19 positivity rate slowed down to 11.9 percent on Monday, August 16, 2021, after 679 new cases were detected, raising the total caseload to 221,406.
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe announced the new cases, which were detected from a sample size of 5,693.
1,981 patients were admitted in various health facilities countrywide, including 159 patients in the Intensive Care Unit, while 9,602 are under the Home-Based Isolation and Care program.
67 patients were on ventilatory support, 85 on supplemental oxygen, and 7 patients were under observation.
Another 768 patients were separately on supplemental oxygen, with 712 of them in general wards and 56 in High Dependency Units (HDU).
Kenya recorded 10 new COVID-19 deaths, with the cumulative fatalities in the country rising to 4,350.
1,550 patients were discharged after recovering from the virus, raising the total recoveries to 203,922.
By mid-August, over 2 million people had been vaccinated against the virus, with 747,867 fully vaccinated after receiving their second dose.
Kenya was set to receive 407,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from the United Kingdom on Tuesday, August 17, 2021.
British High Commissioner Jane Marriott said the doses were the remaining half of the 817,000 doses secured by President Uhuru Kenyatta during his three-day visit to London in July.
“I think it has been a really strong partnership between Kenya and the UK on the fight against COVID-19. We have learnt from each other,” she said.
Kenya is also expecting 1,760,000 doses of Pfizer from the US government, 235,000 doses of AstraZeneca from Greece, and 55,000 doses of AstraZeneca from Latvia as part of bilateral donations.
The Covax facility has allocated Kenya 407,040 doses of AstraZeneca and 271,440 doses of Pfizer.
With the donations Kenya is receiving, the Chairman of the Kenya Vaccine Taskforce Dr. Willis Akhwale has noted that the country is on track to build a capacity to vaccinate 150,000 people every day.
