Kenya’s confirmed coronavirus cases have risen to 715 after 15 more people tested positive for the virus, Health Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Rashid Aman has announced.
Three more people have succumbed to the virus, two died at their homes and one died while receiving treatment at the hospital. This brings the total number of fatalities in the country to 33.
At the same time, the CS said the number of recoveries in the last 24 hours rose to 259 after eight patients recovered and were discharged from hospitals.
The new cases include seven from Mombasa County, three from Migori, two from Wajir and one each from Machakos, Kiambu and Nairobi counties.
Of the 15 confirmed cases, 14 are Kenyans and one is a Rwandese.
In his briefing on coronavirus cases in the country, Dr Aman revealed the number of men who tested positive for the virus today, which is day 60 since Kenya confirmed its first case, was two times higher than that of the women.
He also noted two Tanzanians who wanted to cross over to Kenya had also tested positive for the virus and had been returned to back to their country.
Testing at the borders
Dr Aman insisted security and testing at the border points had been heightened to curb the spread of the virus.“Today I have dispatched a high-level delegation from the Ministry led by Dr. Patrick Amoth to Kajiado, the team will also pay a visit to the Namanga border to ascertain the measures we need to put in place to curtail cross border transmission,” Dr Aman.
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