Ethiopia’s COVID-19 cases pass 88,400

ADDIS ABABA: The Ethiopian Ministry of Health on Saturday announced that the country’s total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases hit 88,434 after 600 new cases were reported.

The 600 new cases were discovered out of 6,548 COVID-19 medical tests in the east African country conducted in the last 24 hours.

Ethiopia has so far conducted 1,390, 197 COVID-19 medical tests.  

According to the ministry, the number of COVID-19 related deaths in the country reached 1,346 as of Saturday, after nine new COVID-19 related deaths were reported during the last 24-hour period.

The ministry said that some 42,099 patients who tested positive for COVID-19 had recovered so far, including 471 in the last 24-hour period.

The ministry also said that a total of 44,987 COVID-19 patients are still undergoing medical treatment, including 299 in severe condition.

ባለፉት 24 ሰዓታት ውስጥ በተደረገ 6,548 የላቦራቶሪ ናሙና ምርመራ 600 ሰዎች በኮሮና ቫይረስ መያዛቸው ተረጋግጧል። በአጠቃላይ እስካሁን በቫይረሱ የተያዙ ሰዎች ቁጥር 88,434 ደርሷል።
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— Ministry of Health ETHIOPIA (@FMoHealth) October 17, 2020

Ethiopia confirmed its first case of COVID-19 on March 13.