Sonko mourns senior government official killed by Covid-19[Video]

Nairobi governor Mike Sonko has mourned a senior government official who recently succumbed to coronavirus.

Taking to social media, Sonko revealed that the Nairobi County licensing officer Mr. Nicholas Nkamasai succumbed to Covid-19 three days ago.

Sonko shared the emotional moment that Nkamasai was laid to rest by Ministry of Health officials in full gear with a small crowd watching from a distance.

“Our licensing officer Nicholas is a Maasai who died October 193 days ago was laid to rest today at 18 to learn a farm in Nairobi County.” Sonko wrote.

“May the Lord recipe is soul in eternal peace. We are praying for his family during this difficult moment.” Added the governor.

The county boss took the opportunity to urge Kenyans to take the pandemic seriously amid a sharp increase in the number of infections.

“Coronavirus is real” affirmed Sonko.

This comes at a time when the country has witnessed soaring cases of Covid-19 with the highest numbers reported this week.

The latest data released by the Ministry of Health indicate that the cases currently stand at 11,252 with the highest daily increase reported on Tuesday when 497 new infections were reported.

3068 people have so far been discharged from various health facilities after full recovery while 209 lives have been lost.

235,425. Tests have so far been conducted with the government significantly scaling up testing and adopting home-based care for asymptomatic and mild cases as health systems are stretched.

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