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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 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.
__Additional reporting from BBC_
649 cases, Raila worries about Magufuli
Ahead of tallies for May 10, Kenya’s close of day stats for May 9 stood at a total of 649 confirmed coronavirus cases, including 30 deaths and 207 recoveries.
May 7: 582 cases, lockdown in Eastleigh, Mombasa City
The government on Wednesday announced a partial lockdown on two virus hotspots, Eastleigh in Nairobi and Mombasa City.
