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Testing resumes in Old Town as cases rise to 226

Residents of Old Town plead with some police officers to be allowed to walk back to their houses after buying goods at Marikiti market on May 9, 2020. [Gideon Maundu, Standard]

Mombasa’s Covid-19 case load shot to 226 with 18 deaths recorded by yesterday, amidst fresh details on infections among medical personnel in the coastal county.

Twelve new infections were recorded in Mombasa yesterday from samples taken in the previous 24 hours out. Mvita Sub-County accounted for eight of the new infections; and two each from Likoni and Nyali sub-counties. Two deaths were recorded in Mombasa yesterday.

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