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Author: MERCY ASAMBA\u00a0<\/strong>
\nAfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The country\u2019s Covid-19 death toll rose to 664 on Wednesday after five more died over a period of 24 hours.<\/p>\n

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe while addressing the media at Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital noted the number of coronavirus cases reported in the country\u00a0since March\u00a0had risen to\u00a037,348 after 130 cases were recorded out of 3,874 samples were tested.<\/p>\n

So far the Ministry has analysed 523,998 samples since the onset of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Seven of the new patients are foreigners while the rest are Kenyans.<\/p>\n

Of the new cases, 89 males and 41 females.<\/p>\n

Nairobi accounted for the highest number of cases at 35 followed by Kiambu and Kisumu which registered 23 and 19 cases respectively over the same period.<\/p>\n

Other counties registered: Mombasa (14), Uasin Gishu (8), Kerich (6), Kisii (5), Busia (5), Kilifi (5), Bomet (2), Narok (2), Siaya, Trans Nzoia, Turkana, Kajiado and Machakos had one case each.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, 106 patients had recovered from the disease. 81 of those had been discharged from various health facilities and twenty-five were under the\u00a0home-based care programme.<\/p>\n

Kagwe revealed the country\u2019s coronavirus curve was now flattening. The positivity rate stands at 3.4 per cent.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been on a positivity rate of below five per cent for the last few days,\u201d he said, adding we should, however, be caution of\u00a0the second wave\u00a0that is always a possibility.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0World Health Organisation\u00a0(WHO) initially suggested a positivity rate of around 3\u201312 per cent as a general benchmark of adequate testing, and has most recently recommended that test positivity should remain at 5 per cent or lower for 14 days before regions reopen.<\/p>\n

Cancer<\/strong><\/p>\n

In today\u2019s address, Kagwe also highlighted that\u00a0cancer disease\u00a0was a top killer after infectious and cardiovascular diseases.<\/p>\n

Annually, 70 per cent of reported cancer patients end up dying from the disease due to the high costs of treatments, among other factors.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn an annual basis, we register an approximate 50,000 new cases of Cancer\u2026 We end up losing about 35,000 patients,\u201d he said, adding that a vast majority perish because their cancers are diagnosed at an advanced stage, \u201ctoo late for curative treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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