12 new coronavirus cases as firms produce masks

Trade and Industrialisation CS Betty Maina, Chief Administrative Secretary Ministry of Health Dr Mercy Mwangangi and Ministry of Health Director General Patrick Amoth, address the press yesterday, in Nairobi. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

The Covid-19 has now claimed a six-year-old child, bringing the death toll to four. This came as the number of patients who have tested positive for coronavirus reached 122 when 12 more cases were confirmed yesterday.

According to Dr Mercy Mwangangi, the Ministry of Health Chief Administrative Secretary, the child who had a pre-existing condition died at the Kenyatta National Hospital from Covid-19 related complications. The boy's uimmune system was weak because he had a bone marrow disease.