President Kenyatta said this raised the total number of confirmed cases in Kenya, since the virus was first reported on March 13, to 234. The President said the nine new patients were among 704 people who were tested in the last 24 hours. The Education ministry will take steps to protect students from negative impacts of measures taken against Covid-19. President Kenyatta also said officials were paying attention to critical national matters such as national exams, which take place towards the end of the year. Worldometer's count showed that the number of closed cases was 658,984, 79 per cent or 523,322 of which was the number of recoveries.

Source: Daily Nation April 16, 2020 12:57 UTC