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1,048 more Covid-19 cases in Kenya as death toll rises to 1,349
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe gives an update on the Covid-19 pandemic in Kenya at Afya House in Nairobi on November 16, 2020.
Photo credit: Dennis Onsongo | Nation Media Group
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- CS Kagwe further reported a death toll of 1,349, saying 19 more patients had succumbed to the virus.
- He said 1,114 patients were in hospitals countrywide, 52 of them in intensive care units (ICU), and that 6,332 were in the home-based care programme.
Kenya's Covid-19 caseload on Friday rose by 1,048 to 75,193, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe announced, saying 8,660 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.
Cabinet Secretary Kagwe further reported that the number of recovered patients had increased by 326 to 50,984, 219 of them having been treated at home and 107 in hospital.
