While speaking at Afya House on Thursday, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe announced 80 new covid-19 cases in Kenya. Among the new cases, 7 are from Siaya. The 7 new coronavirus cases were mourners from Kibera who acquired illegal passes and travelled all the way to Siaya for a funeral. They were later intercepted by covid-19 contact teams in Siaya.
“There are also 7 new cases in Siaya. The Siaya story is a sad one because the departure point of that case is actually in Kibera. Somebody in Kibera, without the authority to authorize anybody to travel, signed a document that was respected by the police. (The passes) took mourners all the way from Kibera to Siaya for a funeral. The mourners themselves were positive and were identified by our contact teams in Siaya. There is a reason why the government issued the directive of cessation of movement from Nairobi. This demonstrates exactly what we are trying to prevent. When people think they are being very clever by lying to avoid cessation orders, it’s like biting your nose to spite your face, it makes no sense,” CS Kagwe said.
Siaya Covid-19 contact tracing team discovered the 7 new coronavirus cases after they had reached Siaya.
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The highest number of new covid-19 cases recorded in a day now stands at 80. Additionally, 3, 102 samples were tested within the same period. This is also the largest sample size tested in a day since the pandemic broke out in Kenya. According to CS Kagwe, the larger the sample size, the higher the number of new covid-19 cases recorded in Kenya. The total number of samples tested now stands at 52, 507.
Moreover, Nairobi and Mombasa continue to lead in the number of coronavirus cases in Kenya. Out of the 80 new cases, 41 cases are from Nairobi and 20 are in Mombasa. Siaya has 7 new cases.
