Eleven people; six males, and five female are the latest to test positive for coronavirus.
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe while giving his daily update at the Kenyatta National Hospital maintained that seven of the 11 cases were from quarantine.
The other four cases were picked by the government’s surveillance team. A total of 281 COVID-19 cases have been recorded in Kenya so far.
Nairobi has seven cases while Mombasa recorded four.
In the same vein, two more people have been discharged putting the number of discharged patients to 69. Deaths reported remain at 14.
A special isolation centre has already been set up for use by health workers. It was put up in collaboration with Amref and the Rockefeller Foundation and the Kenyan government will foot all costs of treatment.
“We are today launching a specially designated isolation facility for our health workers,” Kagwe said.
The health CS said that the coronavirus should not be viewed as a “Nairobi disease” stating that it has spread to other Kiambu and Murang’a counties.
On matters coronavirus, the CS said 455 Kenyans who defied curfew regulations have been placed on 14-day quarantine at their own cost.
In a fiery warning, he said: “Once you are out during curfew hours, it is assumed that you have now been exposed and therefore you will be taken to a quarantine site at your own expense.”
