This archive report was first published on 20 April 2020.
Kenya's COVID-19 cases continued to rise on April 20, 2020, with 281 confirmed cases, including 7 from Mombasa and 4 from Ruaka in Nairobi.
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe announced that 11 new cases were confirmed, with none having a recent history of travel.
Among the new cases, 5 were females and 6 were males, with 7 from quarantine centers and 4 picked up by surveillance teams.
On the same day, Kagwe announced that a doctor was among two people who had recovered from the virus, raising the total number of people discharged from hospital to 69.
Kenya had lost 14 people to the virus by April 20, 2020.
As part of measures to prevent the spread of the virus, the government had implemented a national curfew and cessation of movement in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kwale, and Kilifi counties.
However, most people had continued to defy the curfew order, prompting the government to start taking anyone found outside to quarantine centers.
On April 20, 2020, Kagwe announced that security forces were working closely with public health officials to ensure anyone found outside after the curfew hours was taken in for quarantine.
He warned that once someone was out during curfew hours, it was assumed that they had been exposed to the disease.
The government had designated 33 active quarantine facilities across the country.
As mass testing kicked off in various parts of the country, Kagwe emphasized the importance of protecting health workers, who were on the frontline of the fight against the virus.
So far, the government had distributed 4,759 personal protection kits and 237 assorted components like N95 and surgical masks.
