The country's first case of Covid-19 was announced on March 13 and later, the ministry projected that there would be 10,000 cases before the end of April. Dr Patrick Amoth, the acting director-general in the ministry, noted that this was the worst case scenario. The capital city's cases were in Kibra (52), Lang'ata (45), Kamukunji (28), Dagoretti North (17), Makadara (17), Embakasi Central (nine), (Embakasi East (eight) and Westlands (seven). Dagoretti South, Embakasi West, Kasarani and Roysambu each had four cases; Ruaraka and Embakasi South two each and Mathare and Starehe one each. In Machakos, Kathiani recorded three cases and Athi River two whereas in Nakuru, four new patients were in Naivasha and one in Nakuru West.

Source: Daily Nation July 12, 2020 14:31 UTC