8 Kenyans Test Positive for Covid-19, Tally Rises to 363

The tally of Covid-19 infections in Kenya has jumped to 363 after eight additional cases were confirmed on Monday.

Speaking during a media briefing at Afya House in Nairobi, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the eight cases are from three counties—Nairobi, Mombasa and Kwale.

Three people tested positive for the bug in Nairobi, four in Mombasa and one in Kwale. All the eight new patients are Kenyans and none has a recent history of travel abroad.

Out of the eight patients, five were picked by the Health Ministry surveillance team while three are from quarantine facilities.

At the same time, CS Kagwe said the number of Covid-19 recoveries in the country rose to 114 after eight more patients were discharged from the hospital having recuperated from the disease.

“We are learning from experiences elsewhere, countries are opening up much earlier than we think we should, other countries have delayed…but we want to make our own measures based on our own experiences and based on what we have seen as a people. If we discipline ourselves, we can begin to defeat this virus. My hope and prayer are that this is what is going to happen,” said Kagwe.

"In addition to everything else that we are doing, we are playing our role as a ministry to see what measures we can take and assist the economy to continue going on in spite of everything," he added.

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Limited COVID-19 testing is…

Muchina (not verified) Tue, 04/28/2020 @ 09:21am

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Limited COVID-19 testing is revealing an incremental rise of COVID-19 which is giving Kenyans falls assurances. Look at how many Kenyan truck drivers have tested positive at the Kenya/Uganda border! Is the government tracing people with whom these and all COVID-19 patients have had contact? We need to take this window of opportunity and test, test, test. Track those people who may have been in contact with those infected, including those without symptoms. Test all high-risk people such as nurses, doctors, and all front-line health providers.

Furthermore, the government needs to provide support to people to stay at home -- food, water, rent money, and basic health. This applies to those in quarantine as well. Failure to do so will undermine Kenyan's ability to stay ahead of the curve in this pandemic.

Great observations@#Muchina…

Judy k. (not verified) Tue, 04/28/2020 @ 12:07pm

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Great observations@#Muchina.kenya's low death rate from covid-19 is puzzling and a mystery.The figures are likely to be incomplete. Kenya's testing rate is small for the size of its population and there could be a large tally of 'missing' deaths among people who died outside the major cities.The country could be carrying out too little testing and the wananchi should not be trapped into false sense of confidence.However Uhuro's measures are 'already having the desired effect of flattening the epidemic curve.The lockdown has also given the gov. time to prepare for a possible surge in future cases, if any!