Kenya Records Highest Single-Day Covid-19 Cases, Tally Rises to 535

Kenya has confirmed 45 new Covid-19 infections, the highest single-day increase since March 13th, when the country recorded its first case.

The 45 new cases were recorded from 1,077 samples tested within the last 24 hours and raises the total number of Covid-19 infections in Kenya to 535.

Out of the 45 new cases, 29 are from Nairobi, 11 from Mombasa while 5 were registered in Wajir county. 

All the 29 cases in Nairobi were recorded in Eastleigh estate, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe announced on Tuesday, May 5th. 30 of the 45 cases are males and 15 are females.

Kagwe said all the five patients from Wajir have a recent history of Travel to Somalia. One of them is a Somali national.

At the same time, the number of Covid-19 recoveries jumped to 182 after 9 more patients were discharged from hospital in the past 24 hours.

The Health Ministry has appealed to Kenyans to stop stigmatizing recovered patients and persons who had been picked as contacts of Covid-19 patients.

“We continue to observe behavior and practices which stigmatizing persons who have either contacted or recovered from the disease. There is not a single person who is immune to the virus, you are as likely to have it as I am, therefore nobody should be stigmatized,” said CS Kagwe.

Nairobi’s Eastleigh and Kawangware estates, as well as Old Town area in Mombasa, have been marked as Covid-19 hotspots with total cases of 63, 24, and 39 respectively.