• WHO situation report, as at March 30, there are 693 224 confirmed COVID-19 cases with 58, 411 having been reported in a span of 24 hours. Out of these number, 33, 106 people have died.
• As at 10am on March 31, there were 5,052 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Africa including 159 deaths and 342 recoveries.
On Monday, Kenya announced 8 new confirmed COVID-19 cases rising the number to 50 from 42.
Health CS Mutahi Kagwe said all the 8 new cases never travelled but contacted the virus locally through people who had previously been abroad.
From the information released by government since the first case on March 13, there are ten foreign Nationals are among the 50 patients who have tested positive.
Out of the ten, two are French nationals out of whom one is in the ICU at the Aga Khan hospital.
Two are Congolese nationals, one is Mexican, another Chinese and one Burundian.
Others are an American citizen, a Cameroonian and one Burkina Faso citizen.
The first case of a foreign national was announced by Kagwe on March 18 when Kenya reported seven positive cases.
According to Kagwe, the Burundian national travelled from Dubai arriving in the country on March 17.
"He was picked by Kenya surveillance team during routine screening at the JKIA," Kagwe said.
On March 22, the country recorded eight new cases rising the number to 15.
Out of the new cases were five Kenyans and three foreigners out of whom two were the French nationals and a Mexican.
Kagwe said they arrived in the country from Europe and America through JKIA between March 4 and March 17.
On March 27, the CS announced one of the French national and Kenyan were admitted in ICU at Aga Khan University Hospital.
By then Kenya had reported a total of 31 cases but one patient had died at the facility.
A day later, the CS announced seven new cases out of which he said four patients were Kenyans, two Congolese and one is Chinese. The figure brought the number to 38 confirmed cases.
On Sunday, March 29, Kagwe announced a further increase of four cases taking the figure to 42.
Out of the four, Kagwe said one was Kenyan and three foreigners from US, Cameroon and Burkina Faso.
By that time, only 10 foreigners have been mentioned.
On March 30 during the daily status report, Kagwe said all the 8 new cases had contracted the disease locally.
But the CS reiterated that the new headache for the disease in the county was the community transmission.
The CS said all the cases were as a result of importation especially from Kenyans who travelled from overseas countries.
“The threat that we are now facing is from Kenyans who visited overseas countries. As we contemplate on further measures, we are meeting at Statehouse with the executive and we shall be announcing a few measures we wish to take going forward,” he said.
Kenya so far has 50 cases with one recovery and one death.
There are now 786,688 cases across the world with 37,832 having died while 165,890 have recovered.
As at 10am on March 31, there were 5,052 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Africa including 159 deaths and 342 recoveries.
Below is a chronology of what has happened in Kenya;
On March 13, the first case of a 27-year-old Kenyan woman who traveled from the US via London confirmed.
On March 15, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe announced that two people who had sat next to the initial patient on the aircraft in transit from the United States had also tested positive for the virus.
President Uhuru Kenyatta declared closure of all learning institutions, prohibited public gatherings and closure of the country's borders except Kenyan citizens and legal residents.
On March 16, government spokesman Cyrus Oguna announced another three people had been suspected to have the virus
A day later, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe announced a fourth case had been confirmed.
On March 18, he announced three more cases rising the number to seven.
On March 22, Kagwe announced eight more cases bringing the total of confirmed cases to 15.
As a result, some 363 people believed to be in contact with the patients were being traced.
On March 23, one more case was confirmed raising the number to 16. A day later, the cases increased by nine more rising the number to 25.
On March 25, Kagwe announced the first recovery but said three more cases had been reported bringing the total to 28.
On March 26, Kagwe announced the first death as a result of the disease. The 66 year old business man died at the Aga khan University Hospital.
Consequently, the CS reported three more cases rising the number to 31 cases. Kagwe said in addition to Nairobi, Kilifi, Mombasa, Kwale and Kajiado had also reported cases.
On March 28,seven more cases were confirmed bringing a total tally of confirmed cases to 38.
A day later, the CS announced four more cases rising the number to 42 cases.
By then out of the 42 cases, Kagwe said 24 were male while 18 females. Nairobi was leading with 31 cases followed by Kilifi with six, Mombasa three while Kwale and Kajiado counties each had one vase.
On March 30, Kagwe announced the cases had increased by 8 bringing the total tally to 50.
Nairobi county is still leading with 37 cases.