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Kenya Records Highest Single-Day COVID Case Spike

Rael Ombuor

   NAIROBI - Kenya's Heath Ministry says 45 new coronavirus cases have
   been reported in a single day as the nation takes steps to stop the
   infection from spreading.

   Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe released the figures Tuesday at a news
   conference in Nairobi. He noted the increase marked a big jump in the
   eight weeks since the first case came to their attention.

   "This of course is the highest number recorded in 24 hours, ever since
   the first case on the 12th of March. Out of this number 29 are from
   Nairobi, 11 are from Mombasa while five are from Wajir and one is a
   foreign national from Somalia. The five from Wajir have a history of
   recent travel to Mogadishu," he said.

   Kenya shares a border with Somalia, which at last count had 756
   recorded cases and 35 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins
   University's coronavirus tracking site.

   Kenya's Ministry of Health recently announced that it had identified
   Eastleigh and Kawangware, two of Nairobi's most densely populated
   neighborhoods, as coronavirus hotspots, as they had recorded cases of
   community transmission in these areas.

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