BY JOAN WANJIKU,1ST APRIL,2022-13 people have tested positive for Covid-19, from a sample size of 4,451 tested in the last 24 hours bringing total confirmed positive cases to 323,436.
The positivity rate is now at 0.3% with cumulative tests so far conducted standing at 3,520,326.
According to a statement from the new cases, seven are Kenyans while 6 are foreigners.
7 are females while 6 are males with the youngest being an 8- year-old child while the oldest is 79 years old.
No death has been reported and therefore the cumulative fatalities remain 5,648.
Cumulative deaths by age; 0-9 years (62), 10-19 years (43), 20- 29 (149), 30-39 years (409), 40-49 years (647), 50-59 years (1,029), 60 years and above (3,309).
In terms of County distribution; Nairobi 8, Murang’a, Nakuru, Siaya, Turkana and Vihiga 1 case each.
17 patients have recovered from the disease, all of them from the Home-Based Isolation and Care while.
This pushes the total recoveries to 317,658 of whom 264,643 are from the Home-Based Care and Isolation program, while 53,015 are from various health facilities countrywide.
A total of 12 patients are currently admitted in various health facilities countrywide, while 118 are under the Home-Based Isolation and Care program.
No patient is in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). 2 patients are on supplemental oxygen and all of them are in the general wards. No patient is in the High Dependency Unit (HDU).
Vaccination campaign
As of March 31st 2022, a total of 17,645,128 vaccines have been administered across the country. Of these, 16,140,236 are doses administered to the adult population (18 years and above).
Another 1,224,175 are doses administered to those between 15 to 17 years while 280,717 are booster doses.
The total number of vaccines administered in the last 24 hours is 18,021 while the total number of people fully vaccinated in the last 24 hours is 12,912.
Proportion of adults fully vaccinated was 29.8%. The Government is working towards vaccinating a targeted population of 27,246,033.
