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Kenya's COVID-19 Cases Rise to 737

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Nyakundi Report

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This archive report was first published on 13 May 2020.

Kenya has reported 22 new positive cases of novel coronavirus, raising the total number of cases in the country to 737, as of May 13, 2020.

According to the Ministry of Health, the new cases were confirmed after 1516 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.

Out of the new COVID-19 patients, 22 are Kenyan nationals while one is a Ugandan.

The new cases are spread across various counties, with Nairobi reporting 10 cases, Mombasa had 8 cases and Kajiado had 3 while Bomet had only one case.

Of the 22 new patients, 17 are male while 5 are female, and the patients are aged between 20 and 81 years old.

Since the first cases of coronavirus were reported in Bomet, the total number of counties that have reported cases of coronavirus has risen to 20.

Additionally, the Health Ministry's Chief Administrative Secretary Dr. Rashid Aman announced that 22 more COVID-19 patients have been discharged from health facilities after recovering from the respiratory disease.

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