The Health ministry has announced seven more confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Kenya, raising the country’s official toll to 179.
Health Chief Administrative Secretary, Dr Mercy Mwangangi, told a press conference on Wednesday that all the new patients are Kenyans.
In the daily update on Tuesday, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe announced that the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Kenya had risen to 172.
He told the public to brace for more cases and stricter measures to arrest the spread.
The number is expected to shoot up drastically as mass testing of all employees working in hospitals and quarantine centres starts.
The Covid-19 disease has killed at least 83,257 people worldwide since it was first reported in Wuhan, China, on December 31, 2019.
