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New Covid-19 cases as 17 patients succumb

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe giving updates on Covid-19 in the country at Afya House, Nairobi on November 16, 2020.

Photo credit: Dennis Onsongo | Nation Media Group

By  Amina Wako

The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Kenya has risen to 83,618 following 302 new positive tests from 3,038 samples, the Ministry of Health has reported.

At the same time, the death toll in the country from the pandemic now stands at 1,469 after 17 fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said on Monday.

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