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Kenya reports 14 new Covid-19 deaths, 631 more cases
People in Kibera, Nairobi County, walk past a wall with a message on how to stop the spread of the coronavirus on April 16, 2020.
Photo credit: Evans Habil | Nation Media Group
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- CS Kagwe further reported that 371 more patients had recovered from the disease, 313 of them at health facilities across the country and 58 in the home-based care programme, raising the count to 33,421.
- Of the new patients, 596 were Kenyans and 35 foreigners, 420 male and 211 female, and the youngest a year old and the oldest 91.
Kenya's coronavirus caseload rose by 631 to 47,843 on Friday, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe announced, following analysis of 6,142 samples in the last 24 hours.
CS Kagwe further reported that 371 more patients had recovered from the disease, 313 of them at health facilities across the country and 58 in the home-based care programme, raising the count to 33,421.
