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COVID-19: Government Reveals Top 3 Death Triggers
Aug 4, 2020
Health Chief Administrative Secretary Rashid Aman 
Six more people succumbed to COVID-19 within 24 hours leading to Thursday raising the country’s death toll to 388.
The toll reported by the health ministry represented a case fatality rate of 1.8 per cent.
Health Chief Administrative Secretary Rashid Aman said three of the six deaths, were linked to stomach cancer, hypertension and diabetes which have been cited as leading triggers for coronavirus-related deaths in the country.
All the deceased were based in hospitals located in Nairobi and Kiambu counties. They were aged 73, 71, 60, 52, 40 and 34.
The deaths were reported at Tigoni Level IV (Gatundu South), Kiambu Level V (Kiambu), Avenue Hospital (Embakasi) and three community hospitals located in Ruiru and Kabete.
Health Director-General Patrick Amoth.
Health care workers represent 3.1 per cent of the 23,202 cumulative cases documented since March, health professionals accounting for 723 cases.
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