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Coronavirus In Kenya: 2 More Deaths As Confirmed Cases Rise By 29 To Hit 110

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Published 2 April 2020

Kenya’s Health Cabinet Secretary (CS) Mutahi Kagwe on Thursday, April 2, announced that 29 new people had tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 110.

Speaking outside Afya House during the daily updates presser, CS Kagwe also revealed that 2 patients had succumbed to Coronavirus.

       

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Also see: https://updates.co.ke/kilifi-deputy-governor-saburi-seeks-forgiveness-for-spreading-coronavirus-explains-himself/

“I am saddened to announce that we have lost 2 patients who had tested positive for the Coronavirus,” he stated

       

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The Health Cabinet Secretary said the two deaths were registered in Nairobi and Mombasa.

Kagwe also announced that Kilifi County Deputy Governor, Gideon Saburi, has tested negative for the disease after spending two weeks in quarantine.

       

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The Health CS went on to announce that the Ministry had hit a new record of 662 tests in the past 24 hours, resulting in the latest confirmed cases.

Brenda Cherotich and Brian Orinda pictured on April 1, 2020 in Nairobi after their recoveries from Covid-19 were confirmed

“The situation in Kenya is not getting any better. It is not a joke, you don’t have to wait to hear of the death of someone you know to believe the virus is real. This is a very serious threat to our lives & to our nation, the numbers will rise,

       

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This number is going to rise and rise exponentially,” he warned.

Also see: https://updates.co.ke/the-system-eats-its-own-people-things-change-duale-warns-matiangi-and-kibicho/

       

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Following the latest results, the CS announced that the national government was going to enforce stiffer measures as it fought to try and contain the pandemic

“We are discouraging mass movement of people. You are highly discouraged not to move from your current location to the village, especially the people residing in Nairobi County,” he decreed.

       

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