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Kenya’s COVID-19 cases hit 29,334 after 580 more infections

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Published on: June 16, 2023

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A health worker takes the temperature of a person standing in line for mass testing in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya, May 26, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Kenya’s Health Ministry on Friday announced 580 more cases of the coronavirus in Kenya after the testing of 5,458 samples in 24 hours, raising the caseload to 29,334.

Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Mercy Mwangangi also announced five more deaths, raising the toll to 465, and 198 more recoveries, raising the total to 15,298.

Dr. Mwangangi noted that 530 of the new patients were Kenyans and the rest foreigners and that 119 of those who recovered were treated at home and the rest in hospitals.

A senior pulmonologist is among those who have now succumbed to the virus.

As of August 14, Kenya had tested a total of 381,317 samples, following confirmation of its first case of the coronavirus on March 13.

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