Ethiopia records 174 new COVID-19 cases

Ethiopia has recorded 174 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 274,775 as on Thursday.

According to the country’s Ministry of Health, two new deaths and 744 more recoveries were reported, bringing the national counts to 4,262 and 253,195 respectively.

Ethiopia’s COVID-19 cases accounted for about 5 percent of Africa’s total, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Ethiopia is among the countries with highest number of COVID-19 in Africa, following South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt.

Ethiopia has so far reported the largest number of COVID-19 cases in the East African region.

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