By JILL NAMATSIMore by this AuthorThe number of Covid-19 cases in Kenya rose to 225 on Wednesday with the reporting of nine more positive cases of the disease. CS Kagwe said all the new patients were Kenyans and that five cases were reported in Nairobi and four in Mombasa. CS Kagwe further said a total of 2,366 people had been tested and 1,911 released, leaving 455 under follow-up. MASS TESTINGThe Health ministry earlier said mass testing would be a priority and would see about 12,000 testing kits distributed across the country. Worldometer's count showed that the number of closed cases, either due to death or recovery, was 621,410.

Source: Daily Nation April 15, 2020 12:03 UTC