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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
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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 20: Cases pass 1,000 mark, foreigners deported
Total confirmed cases = 1,029 (new cases = 66)
Total recoveries = 358
Total deaths = 50
Active cases = 555
The case tally in Kenya has passed the 1,000 mark as of today and the milestone was achieved with the highest one-day record of new cases.
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.
