Ethiopia reports 573 new COVID-19 cases

The Ethiopian Ministry of Health has reported 573 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, as the total number of confirmed cases hit 125,622 in the country.

The ministry also disclosed that the number of COVID-19 related deaths in the country reached 1,948 as of Sunday evening, including four new COVID-19 related deaths reported during the last 24-hour period.

The ministry further said that some 112,367 patients who tested positive for COVID-19 had recovered, including 42 in the last 24-hour period.

It also said that some 11,305 of the total reported COVID-19 cases were active cases, of which 239 of the patients were said to be under severe condition.

According to the ministry, “the new cases were discovered out of 6,387 COVID-19 medical tests that were conducted in the east African country during the last 24 hours”.

Ethiopia had conducted 1,817,965 COVID-19 medical tests, the ministry noted.

Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most populous nation with about 107 million people, has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the east African region.

Ethiopia is the fifth-most COVID-19 affected country in the African continent, after South Africa, Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia.

Hauwa Mustapha