Seven die of COVID-19 as 461 test positive – KBC

Kenya’s coronavirus cases continued to swell with 461 more people testing positive for the virus out of 4,261 samples tested in the last 24 hours.

This now brings our caseload to 11,252 and pushes the cumulative tests carried out so far to 225,495.

The revelation was made by the Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) for Health, Dr. Rashid Aman on Wednesday when he announced the results of the tests, out of which 432 positive cases were Kenyans while 29 were foreigners.

The 461 positive cases consisted of 320 males and 141 females, the youngest being a one-year-old infant and the oldest 86

“On a positive note 51 patients have been discharged from various hospitals bringing to 3,068 the number of recoveries from the disease in the country,” Dr. Rashid noted.

The high number of fatalities this week was a concern with seven more people succumbing to the disease.

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