World News | Ethiopia Reports 584 New COVID-19 Cases
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Ethiopia has registered 584 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 283,082 as of Friday evening, the country's health ministry said.
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], August 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Ethiopia has registered 584 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 283,082 as of Friday evening, the country's health ministry said.The ministry reported nine new COVID-19-induced deaths and 60 more recoveries during the same period, bringing the national death toll to 4,415 and total recoveries to 264,225.
Ethiopia, Africa's second-most populous nation, has so far reported the largest number of COVID-19 cases in the East Africa region.
According to the ministry, Ethiopia currently has 14,440 active COVID-19 cases, of whom 276 are severe.Amid the national push for vaccination, the East African country has so far administered a total of 2,267,254 COVID-19 vaccine doses, according to the ministry.
The country received the first batch of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines donated by the Chinese government in March.
Ethiopia is among the countries the hardest hit by COVID-19 in Africa, following South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt. (ANI/Xinhua)
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