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Kenya's Health minister Mutahi Kagwe announces the country's first confirmed case of new coronavirus, saying a woman who returned from the United States tested positive for the illness in Nairobi. SOUNDBITE
South African Health Minister Zweli Mkhize confirms the country's first case of the novel coronavirus, a 38-year-old male who travelled to Italy. SOUNDBITE
Britain's death toll in the coronavirus outbreak rises to 28,446, after British Minister for the Cabinet Office Michael Gove announces 315 more fatalities in hospitals, care homes and the wider community. SOUNDBITE
The Covid-19 epidemic has killed 20,796 people in France since it began in March, including 531 deaths recorded since Monday, but the pressure on hospitals continues to ease gradually, announces France's Director General of Health. SOUNDBITES
France reports that 833 more people have died of COVID-19 in hospitals and nursing homes over the previous 24 hours, its highest daily toll since the epidemic began. SOUNDBITE