Kenya continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic with cases steadily rising each day. Government have locked down a handful of counties including the capital Nairobi and imposed a night-time curfew as part of containment efforts.
This rolling page will continue to give updates on major occurrences as relates to the East African country. You can follow Kenya’s March – April 2020 COVID-19 updates on our earlier page.
Kenya as of July 21 was the most impacted country in the East / Horn of Africa region toppling early leaders like Djibouti, Sudan and Somalia.
Government also rolled out mass testing in virus hot spots, a curfew remains in place but virus restrictions have largely been eased. The school year – from nursery to pre-tertiary level – has been cancelled.
June 24: 16,268 cases; govt spox infected
Government spokesman, Cyrus Oguna, has admitted having contracted Covid-19 and that he is at an isolation facility.
According to a statement posted on social media, Oguna said he had developed mild symptoms after returning to the capital, Nairobi, from an assignment.
He said his family is well and his previous contacts are being traced. Mr Oguna had five days ago denied being hospitalised for coronavirus symptoms.
On Thursday (July 23) 378 patients recovered from the virus, 199 were from the home based care program, while 179 are from various hospitals, bringing the total number of recoveries to 7,135.
With 15,601 confirmed cases, Kenya is the continent’s seventh most impacted country behind South Africa (over 408,000), Egypt (over 90,000), Ghana (close to 30,000). The others are Algeria, Morocco, and Cameroon with over 25,000; 18,000; 16,000 confirmed cases respectively.
Confirmed cases = 16,268
Active cases = 8,548
Recoveries =7,446
Number of deaths = 274
John Hopkins Uni stats valid as of July 23, 2020
Recently, having come from an assignment outside town, I developed mild coronavirus related symptoms & got tested. #KomeshaCorona pic.twitter.com/HjiniqPVeT— Spokesperson GoK (@SpokespersonGoK) July 24, 2020
June 21: 13,353 cases; Nairobi records 1,200+ cases in 3 days
Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja has been fined by a court for flouting curfew order. The lawmaker is to pay 15,000 Kenyan shillings or face three months in prison.
Today’s ruling is the latest in a saga that has seen Sakaja resign his position as chairman of the Senate Ad-hoc committee on COVID-19. He was arrested with others at a bar in breach of virus curfew restrictions in place.
The episode has elicited varied reactions: from those that believe that he had at least done the right thing by resigning his coronavirus role in parliament. Others are of the view that he should have resigned as a Senator whiles for some, the about $150 fine is the headache for others.
On the case front; the stats are heading towards 14,000 mark. At close of day Monday July 20; there was 13,771 cases with 7,917 active cases, 5,616 recoveries and 238 deaths.
Confirmed cases = 13,771
Active cases = 7,917
Recoveries = 5,616
