Kenya records first coronavirus death
Nation.co.ke
International News
A 66-year-old Kenyan man is the first person to die of the coronavirus in the country.
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said in a statement yesterday that the man died at the Aga Khan Intensive Care Unit in the afternoon.
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“The man who was suffering from diabetes had arrived in the country on March 13 from South Africa via Swaziland,” he said.
Kenya becomes the second country in East Africa after Sudan to confirm a coronavirus-related death.
In Africa, 43 countries have confirmed 2,412 positive cases. Fifteen countries have confirmed coronavirus deaths.
The first death in the country brings the total deaths in Africa to 73. The CS earlier this week expressed concerns about two patients who he said were of advanced age.
Credit: Nation.co.ke