Kenya coronavirus cases rise by 8 to hit 50

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe gives an update on the Covid-19 disease in Kenya at Afya House in Nairobi on March 28, 2020. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Kenya's coronavirus cases have risen by 8, with the total now standing at 50 that have been confirmed, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said on Monday.

He noted that the virus being spread through community transmission.

This, the CS says, means the disease is no longer being imported from outside but is here with us.