Covid-19: 5 more Kenyans test positive raising number to 189

In Summary

• Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe told a press conference that all the new patients are Kenyans.
• CS Kagwe further announced that 10 more people who had tested negative twice would be discharged from the Mbagathi isolation facility

By NASIBO KABALE
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Kenya's total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases rose to 189 on Friday, with the Health ministry's announcement of five more cases.

Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe told a press conference that all the new patients were Kenyans.

Mr Kagwe said only one of the patients, who were among 504 people tested in the last 24 hours, had a history of travel.

He said two were male and three female; three cases were recorded in Mombasa and one each in Nairobi and Nyandarua counties.

CS Kagwe further announced that 10 more people who had tested negative twice would be discharged from the Mbagathi isolation facility.

As such, the number of recoveries rose to 22.