ETHIOPIA: COVID-19 CASES REACH 111, ALL NEW CASES IN DIRE DAWA

Ethiopian Health Minister, Lia Tadesse, announced in an update Monday that the case count for coronavirus in the country had reached 111.

 Ethiopia crossed the 100 mark over the weekend.

All three cases recorded over the last 24-hours were recorded in the chartered city of Dire Dawa with patients between the ages of 11 – 18. Two of them had travel history from Djibouti.

Till date, Ethiopia has 90 patients in treatment centers. The death toll is still at three with 16 recoveries. A patient is in intensive care.

East / Horn of Africa top tallies

Djibouti – 846

Mauritius – 328

Kenya – 270

Tanzania – 170

Somalia – 164

Rwanda – 147

Ethiopia – 111

I visited the #COVID19 treatment center recently setup within Millenium Hall by our very able & capable medical professionals.I am pleased at how quickly the site was transformed to a hospital setup.The preparedness for any extreme eventualities in similar spaces will continue. pic.twitter.com/U4040Bj3GW

— Abiy Ahmed Ali 🇪🇹 (@AbiyAhmedAli) April 19, 2020

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