Major topics covered below include:
May 27: Record one-day increase
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 28: 1,471 cases, record one-day infections
For the first time, Kenya recorded a three-digit increase in new cases over a 24-hour period.
Total confirmed cases = 1,471 (new cases = 123)
Total recoveries = 408
Total deaths = 55
Active cases = 1,008
Figures valid as of close of day May 27, 2020
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.
