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The Ministry of Health disclosed Sunday that a good number of Kenyans are currently in quarantine due to covid infections. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The rise in the number of those in isolation was confirmed at a time the country is posting an increase in the number of new positive cases.<\/p>\n

According to the Ministry, a total of 18,696 individuals are under the Home-Based Isolation and Care program. But those affected are not only at home. The ministry puts the number of those admitted to various health facilities countrywide as a result of covid at 704.<\/p>\n

\u201c18 patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 12 of them on ventilatory support while 6 are on supplemental oxygen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother 139 patients are on supplemental oxygen and 133 of them are in the general wards. Six patients are in the High Dependency Unit (HDU).\u201d Health CS Mutahi Kagwe said in his daily covid situation update<\/p>\n

In terms of the overall covid cases as of Boxing Day, Kagwe announced that confirmed that positive cases have reached 282,554 and from 2,990,670 cumulative tests conducted so far.<\/p>\n

This is after 1,196 people have tested positive for the disease, from a sample size of 3,415 tested in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe positivity rate is now at 35.0%. From the cases, 1,037 are Kenyans while 159 are foreigners. 638 are females and 558 are males. The youngest is a one-year-old child while the oldest is 93 years.\u201d He said<\/p>\n

In terms of County distribution; the ministry noted that Nairobi County is leading with 408 new cases confirmed, Mombasa has 116 with Siaya recording 76, while Uasin Gishu and Kisumu registered 63 and 61 new cases respectively.<\/p>\n

At the same time, two patients have succumbed to the disease all of them being late deaths reported after conducting facility record audits in December 2021. This pushes the cumulative fatalities to 5,361.<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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