This archive report was first published on 9 May 2020.
On May 9, 2020, Kenya's Ministry of Health released statistics showing 28 new COVID-19 cases, including an 11-year-old child and an 81-year-old patient.
Health Chief Administrative Secretary Rashid Aman explained that the country had conducted 1,611 tests within 24 hours to establish the prevalence rate of the pandemic.
According to Aman, the cases were spread across various estates in Nairobi and Mombasa, with Mombasa leading the count at 10 cases.
"The cases are spread in the following estates in Nairobi; three from Embakasi, two in Eastleigh, and one each from Kayole, Huruma, South B and Kawangware," Aman stated.
"The ten cases in Mombasa are; four from Mvita, four from Nyali, and two from Likoni. The others are distributed as follows. By gender, seventeen are males, while eleven are females," he added.
Aman expressed concern over the growing number of community transmissions, particularly in counties sharing a common border with neighboring East African states.
Of the 28 cases reported, four were Tanzanian nationals, Aman noted.
"In our border points we have communities that are straddled across the border, we have families that leave on one side of the border and they do cross over. In addition to that we have truckers who bring in cargo of agricultural products or produce. We need to be able to strengthen and control those who are coming in by testing them," he said.
