NAIROBI, Kenya July 15 – Seven more patients succumbed to coronavirus in Kenya Wednesday, raising the death toll so far to 209.
The country has lately recorded a sharp increase in the number of infections which stood at 11,252 by July 15.
“We are saddened to announce that we have lost seven more patients to COVID-19,” said Dr Rashid Aman, a Chief Administrative Secretary at the Ministry of Health.
Dr Aman said 461 new infections were recorded on Wednesday fro 4,261 samples tested since Tuesday.
“On a positive note,” he said, “51 patients have been discharged after recovering from this virus.”
3,068 people have recovered from coronavirus since mid March when the virus was first detected in the country, sending panic and grounding the economy.
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