This archive report was first published on 18 September 2021.
On September 18, 2021, Kenya's Ministry of Health reported 515 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total number of cases documented since March 2020 to 246,296.
According to Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe, the cases were detected from a sample size of 7,981 tested in the last 24 hours, with a positivity rate of 6.5 per cent.
Unfortunately, 15 patients succumbed to the virus, with one death occurring within 24 hours and 14 deaths identified through facility audits in August and September.
The new deaths pushed the country's fatalities to 4,980 since March 2020.
As of September 18, 2021, a total of 1,444 patients were admitted in various health facilities across the country, while 3,259 were under home-based care.
Health CS Kagwe also reported that 114 patients were in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), with 83 on ventilatory support and 25 on supplemental oxygen. Additionally, 6 patients were under observation.
Notably, 634 patients were discharged after recovering from the virus, bringing the total number of recoveries to 236,803.
By September 17, 2021, a total of 3,337,913 vaccines had been administered across the country, including 2,480,543 first doses and 857,370 fully vaccinated individuals.
The uptake of the second dose among those who received their first dose was reported at 34.6 per cent, with the majority being males at 55 per cent and females at 45 per cent.
Kenya is now set to deploy five different types of vaccines after the arrival of the Sinopharm vaccine from China on September 18, 2021, which included 200,000 vaccine doses with more expected to be acquired through the COVAX facility.
