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Kenya coronavirus: govt steps up voluntary testing appeals in hotspots

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May 26: Govt intensifies voluntary testing calls

May 23: 1,192 cases, additional health workers to be hired

May 21: record one-day increase, Wajir rolls out campaign

May 20: cases pass 1,000 mark, foreigners deported

May 16: 830 cases, TZ, Somali borders shut

May 14: Cases hit 758, focus turns to Kenya-Tanzania border town

May 12: 715 cases, border crossings becoming flash point

May 11: Cases reach 700, mass prisoner release

May 10: 649 cases, Raila worries about Magufuli

May 8: May 8: Govt to foot quarantine bills, cases at 607

May 7: 582 cases, lockdown in Eastleigh, Mombasa City

May 5: KQ’s UK repatriation flight returns

May 4: Cases hit 535, govt decries abuse of relaxed measures

May 3: KQ repatriation flight, Nairobi fumigation

May 2: Case count at 435, mass testing starts

May 1: Case count hits 411, Uhuru vows transparency

May 27: govt intensifies voluntary testing campaign

Government is intensify calls for people to submit themselves for voluntary testing as the steady rise of cases continue across the country.

Total confirmed cases = 1,348 (new cases = 5)

Total recoveries = 405

Total deaths = 52

Active cases = 891

Figures valid as of close of day May 26, 2020

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May 23: 1,192 cases, additional health workers to be hired

Thirty-one new cases were registered today taking the tally to 1,192; President Kenyatta disclosed in an address.

May 16: 830 cases, TZ, Somali borders shut

Total confirmed cases = 830 (new cases = 49)

Total recoveries = 301

Total deaths = 50 (5 new)

Active cases = 481

Kenya’s case count reached 830 as pf today President Uhuru Kenyatta announced in an address today.

May 14: Cases hit 758, focus turns to borders

Total confirmed cases = 758 (new cases = 21)

Total recoveries = 284

Total deaths = 42

Samples tested over 24-hours = 1,486

Total samples tested = 36,918

Government reports that a new area of focus in the fight against the virus are the frontiers.

May 12: 15 new cases, border crossing concerns

“We are upscaling security on border points and testing truck drivers to contain cross border infections,” CS Dr. Rashid Aman told the press today as he gave case statistics on the coronavirus pandemic.

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