First Coronavirus patient dies in Kenya

One patient who tested positive for Coronavirus (Covid-19) has died, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has announced.

The Ministry of Health has issued a statement on the death of the Coronavirus patient .

Just in: The government has announced first death from #COVID19 #coronaviruske pic.twitter.com/wRaggWu3CF

— Ali 'Mwamvita' Manzu (@Ali_Manzu) March 26, 2020

The statement issued by the Ministry of Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on 26th March 2020 read as follows:

” We have received the sad news of the death of a patient who had tested positive for Coronavirus.
The 66 year old male Kenyan Citizen who passed on this afternoon had been admitted at the Agakhan Hospital Intensive Care Unit.
The man who was suffering from Diabetes had arrived in the country on March 13th, 2020 from South Africa via Swaziland.
My condolences to the family.”

Health CS Mutahi Kagwe announces the death of a Coronavirus patient who died this afternoon at Aghakhan hospital. pic.twitter.com/i2zbJmaNc8

— martin mutua (@martinmutua09) March 26, 2020

#Kenya records first #coronavirus-related death, CS Mutahi Kagwe says patient was 66-year-old male suffering from diabetes. #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/9dsGhjHL7x

— Ali 'Mwamvita' Manzu (@Ali_Manzu) March 26, 2020

CS Health Mutahi Kagwe has confirmed the first death of a #COVID19 patient. The deceased had arrived in the country from South Africa via Swaziland. Until his death, he was admitted to the ICU at Aghakhan Hospital, Nairobi. #COVID19KE @MOH_Kenya pic.twitter.com/todZPZ4Hih

— Amref Health Africa in Kenya (@Amref_Kenya) March 26, 2020