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Covid-19: Kenya cases rise to 5,811 after 278 test positive

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Published 27 June 2020

By ANGELA OKETCH
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Kenya has registered 278 more coronavirus positive cases from 4,074 samples in the last 24 hours. This takes the Covid-19 national tally to 5,811, Health Chief Administrative Secretary Mercy Mwangangi has said.

During the daily Covid-19 briefing at Afya House, Nairobi on Saturday, Dr Mwangangi also revealed that 31 people were discharged from various hospitals after full recovery.

The number of recoveries has now increased to 1,936, while four people succumbed to the virus. The national death toll from the virus stands at 141.  

She said that of the new cases aged between one year old and 84, 181 patients are male while 97 female.