On June 1, 2022, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe announced that 94 people had tested positive for Covid-19 from a sample size of 2,590 tested in the last 24 hours, bringing the positivity rate to 3.6%.
Of the new cases, 64 were Kenyans and 30 were foreigners, with 59 males and 35 females. The youngest case was a 5-year-old, while the oldest was 82 years old.
The total number of confirmed positive cases in Kenya now stands at 325,070, with a cumulative total of 3,672,769 tests conducted so far.
According to Kagwe, the new cases were distributed across various counties, with Nairobi reporting 65 cases, Bungoma 15, Kiambu 4, Nyeri 3, Kwale 2, Uasin Gishu 2, Mombasa, Kajiado, and Siaya each reporting 1 case.
The distribution of positive cases by age was as follows: 0-9 years (1), 10-19 years (9), 20-29 years (15), 30-39 years (17), 40-49 years (21), 50-59 years (17), and 60 years and above (14).
Unfortunately, no patients have recovered from the disease, meaning the total recoveries remain at 318,605, with 265,574 from the Home-Based Care and Isolation program and 53,031 from various health facilities countrywide.
Fortunately, no patients have succumbed to the disease, and the cumulative fatalities remain at 5,651, according to Kagwe.
The cumulative deaths by age were as follows: 0-9 years (62), 10-19 years (43), 20-29 years (149), 30-39 years (410), 40-49 years (647), 50-59 years (1,029), and 60 years and above (3,311).
As of May 31st, 2022, a total of 18,220,638 vaccines had been administered across the country, with 16,469,873 doses administered to the adult population (18 years and above), 1,373,168 doses administered to those between 15 to 17 years, 34,492 doses administered to those below 15 years but above 12 years, and 343,105 booster doses.
