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Kenya records 54 more Covid-19 recoveries

Wednesday June 03 2020
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Kenya's Health Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Rashid Aman giving coronavirus update on June 3, 2020 at Afya House in Nairobi. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By NATION AFRICA

Kenya Covid-19 recoveries increased by 54, while 123 new cases were reported Wednesday.

Confirmed coronavirus case count has reached 2,216, Health Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Rashid Aman said.

The Health CAS, in his daily briefing, said Nairobi accounted for 44 of the new cases, Mombasa 34, Busia 20 and Uasin Gishu 12.

New cases were also recorded in Kiambu (3), Kajiado (3), Nyeri (3), Kilifi (2), Garissa and Laikipia counties recorded one each.

Dr Aman announced that three people succumbed to the disease, bringing the number of fatalities to 74. A 12-year-old is among the latest to die, the CAS said. 

A total of 85,058 samples have been tested since the disease was reported in the country.

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