Lockdown in Kenya? A hypothesis not yet probable but not impossible, at least at Easter and in Nairobi County alone.
Putting the capital in a 'red zone' is one of the scenarios that could be envisaged in the coming weeks if the percentage of positives per swab continues to fluctuate dangerously and to rise as has happened in the last 24 hours.
Meanwhile, in the capital, some shopping centres have closed and public schools have reconsidered their DAD. In general, there have been fewer people around for a few days now.
The figure reporting the incidence of Covid-19 among those tested yesterday hit an all-time high, with 731 people testing positive out of a sample of 4513 swabs, which equates to 16.1%.
The total number of confirmed positive cases is now 113,967 out of 1,373,839 total swabs.
The Ministry of Health released the figures on Monday 15 March, which also report 191 patients cured of the disease, including 166 from home care and voluntary isolation.
Twenty-five are from various health facilities, bringing the total cures to 88,596.
Five patients succumbed to the disease, bringing the total number of deaths to 1,918.
Some 678 patients are currently in various health facilities across the country, while 2,129 patients are in isolation and home care.
There are currently 109 patients in intensive care (no new admissions, which is positive after days of increase), 23 of whom are on ventilatory support and 72 on supplementary oxygen, with 14 patients under observation. Twenty-four patients are separately on supplementary oxygen, all in general wards.