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More Covid-19 cases as 19 patients succumb to virus

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe briefs the media at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on August 1, 2020.

Photo credit: Francis Nderitu | Nation Media Group

By  Amina Wako

What you need to know:

  • From the latest cases, 731 are Kenyans while 25 are foreigners.
  • The youngest is a one-year-old infant, while the oldest is 81 years old.

The Ministry of Health has reported 756 new cases of Covid-19 in Kenya in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of confirmed cases in country to 63,244.

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe also announced on Monday that 19 patients succumbed to the virus within the same period of time. The latest deaths have raised national fatalities to 1,130.

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