Twenty-five more people tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, pushing the number of total infections in Kenya to 607.
Health Chief Administrative Secretary, Dr. Rashid Aman, said that majority of those who tested positive are from Nairobi County which had 17 cases, nine of them from Eastleigh.
Isiolo also became the latest county to report its first Covid-19 case, bringing to 18 the number of counties with the coronavirus disease.
The other cases reported on Thursday were Wajir (2), Kajiado (1), Mombasa (1), Migori (1), Isiolo (1) and Nakuru (1).
The Health officials also revealed that three more people died of Covid-19, two of them from Nairobi and the other from Mombasa County.
This brings to 29 the number of people who have died of the disease in Kenya.
Of the new Covid-19 case, three are foreigners from China, Uganda and Tanzania.
Dr. Aman said that seven more people were discharged from hospital, pushing the number of recoveries to 197.
Speaking on the lockdowns in Eastleigh, Nairobi and Old Town, Mombasa, the Health CAS cautioned residents against relocating to neighbouring estates.
“The measures are meant to prevent people from moving out and spreading out the disease. Remember that this is a new disease, a silent disease that we are still learning about it. Some people are asymptomatic, they don’t show any signs and there is no way of knowing who has its,” Dr. Aman said.
The Health officials said that adhering to social distancing, hygiene, keeping to self, and wearing masks will Kenya turn the tide the numbers soar.
“Remain in these zones that have been categorised as risk zones. This is a silent killer, assume you are a carrier,” said Dr. Aman.
Further, Kenyans who were stranded in India where they had gone to seek medical treatment are expected to land at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
Dr. Aman said health officials will be at the airport to facilitate their arrival and subsequent self-quarantine within their homes.
