Kenya on Tuesday recorded 1,105 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the country's caseload to 313,677, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has said. The country's fatalities have risen to 5,462 after another nine patients succumbed to the disease on diverse dates. Kagwe said that there are 1,223 patients currently admitted in various health facilities countrywide, while 21,411 are under the Home-Based Isolation and Care program. Some 42 patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 41 of them on ventilatory support while one is on supplemental oxygen. Meanwhile, 3,320 patients have recovered from the disease, 2,991 are from the Home-Based Isolation and Care program while 329 are from various health facilities countrywide.

Source: The Star January 12, 2022 07:07 UTC