
Health CS announcing new coronavirus cases
The number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the country has shot up sharply towards the 1,000 mark after 51 more people tested positive in the last 24 hours.
According to Health CS Mutahi Kagwe, the new cases now bring the total confirmed cases of the virus in Kenya to 963, amid concerns over more cross border infections.
Kagwe said the new infections were confirmed out of 1,933 samples tested by health officials in the past 24 hours.
Out of the 51 new cases, 32 are male and 19 are female.
However the number of recoveries from the coronavirus has also gone up with 22 people being discharged from hospital bringing the total number to 358.
The CS also revealed that the number of fatalities from the new virus has remained at 50 even as he raised alarm over more Covid-19 patients dying at home.
More to follow…..