16 more contract Covid-19 raising Kenya's total to 262

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe reacts while updating the country on Covid-19 at Afya House in Nairobi on April 13, 2020. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Sixteen more people in Kenya have tested positive for the coronavirus, raising the total number of infections to 262, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said on Saturday.

CS Kagwe gave this report to the Senate Ad Hoc Committee during a Zoom meeting ahead of the daily briefing for the day.

He also reported one more death, raising the total to 12, up from the 11 that President Uhuru Kenyatta announced on Thursday.

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