Health Cabinet Secretary (CS) Mutahi Kagwe confirmed that 8 more patients tested positive for Covid-19 bringing the total number of cases within the country to 50.
Speaking at Harambee House on Monday, March 30, the CS noted that 1,000 people were tested on March 30.
1,474 people are being monitored, adding that 231 had been discharged after the end of their 14-day monitoring period.
“In the last 24 hours, we have tested 172 samples. A total of 84 samples from quarantined guests have been analyzed. We have received confirmation of one person who has tested positive.
“We have also tested 88 samples of close contacts of the 42 confirmed cases. Out of this number, six tested positive. An additional patient was from Agha Khan Hospital,” stated Kagwe.
“The total number of confirmed cases now stands at 50,” he added
He further noted that the state had embarked on tracing of contact for the 50 confirmed cases, a number which stands at 1,474. 1,211 contacts are under close monitoring.