Coronavirus - Kenya: 23 people test positive for corona virus Nairobi, Friday May 15, 2020

The Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) for HealthDr. Rashid Aman said today after confirming 23 new positive cases of coronavirus after testing2,100 samples in the last 24 hours.This now raises the national tally to 781.

He confirmed that out of the 23 cases, 11 are in Nairobi, 5 in Mombasa, 3 in Kajiado, 2 in Kiambuand 2 in Wajir.

In Nairobi 6 cases are from Embakasi, 2 from Kamukunjiand one from Starehe while in Mombasa, all the cases are from Mvita. In Kiambu the cases are from Thika and in Wajir thetwo (2) casesare from Wajir East Sub-County.

He also reported that Kajiado county has two cases of truck drivers from Namanga Border Point, and one othercase from Ilbisil in Kajiado Central.

Out of the23 cases 5 are females and 18 males are men all aged between 24 years and 85 years.

“Consistent with the growing number of losses we are making, over the last 24 hours we have also lost three patients. Each fatality is a tragedy,” he said and sent his condolences to the affected families.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health, Kenya.