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9 patients die of Covid-19 as State revises burial protocols

Dr Mercy Mwangangi delivering past daily Covid-19 briefing.[File Photo]

Kenya has recorded 139 new positive coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours increasing the caseload to 37,218. The figure signifies an increase of 41 cases on yesterday’s tally, on the fateful day that the country lost nine more people to the virus. The country’s death toll has now climbed to 659.

Health Chief Administrative Secretary Dr Mercy Mwangangi, during the Covid-19 update, announced new burial protocols weeks after the ministry declared that bodies of the victims are not contagious.

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