In a letter addressed to all the county executive committee members of health, the government has recommended that hospitals work to postpone or cancel all elective and non-urgent surgical procedures. This comes as the government moves to the next phase of its plans to limit the spread of the disease. He added that 156 samples had been tested in the last 24 hours and all tested negative leaving the total number of people who have been confirmed to have tested positive for Covid-19 at 38. He said the cases are spread out across five counties with Nairobi leading at 21 cases, Kilifi (six), Mombasa (two), Kaijiado (one) and Kwale (one). Of the positive cases, 19 are male and 12 are female.

Source: Daily Nation March 29, 2020 08:26 UTC