This archive report was first published on 23 December 2021.
Kenya's Covid-19 positivity rate has reached 32.5% after 3,746 people tested positive on Thursday, December 23, 2021, from a sample size of 11,537 tested in the last 24 hours.
Of the cases, 3,542 are Kenyans, while 204 are foreigners. The youngest person to test positive is a six-month-old child, while the oldest is 104 years old.
Health CS Mutahi Kagwe reported that 60 patients have recovered from the disease, with 59 recovering from various health facilities countrywide and one from the Home-Based Isolation and Care program.
‘A total of 554 patients are currently admitted in various health facilities countrywide, while 11,329 are under the Home-Based Isolation and Care program. 17 patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 10 of them on ventilatory support while 7 are on supplemental oxygen,’ Health CS Mutahi Kagwe stated.
As of December 22nd, 2021, the country had recorded the highest number of vaccines administered on a single day at 205,948. Of these, 81,292 were first doses, while 124,656 were second doses and Johnson and Johnson vaccine.
