The total laboratory tests conducted within 24 hours are 1764; of these eleven (11) of them are confirmed positive for COVID-19 and the total confirmed cases as of today are Two-Hundred-Fifty (250). All of the cases confirmed positive are Ethiopians of which 10 are male and 1 is female and their age ranges from 18 – 38 years old. The tests were conducted at the Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Armauer Hanssen Research Institute, Ethiopian Biotechnology Institute, Adama Public Health Research and Referral Laboratory, Tigray Public Health Institute, Amhara Public Health Institute (Bahir Dar), Afar Regional Laboratory, Addis Ababa PHREM Laboratory, Haramaya University Laboratory and Jigjiga University Laboratory. Furthermore, six (6) people from Addis Ababa recovered from the disease that makes the total number of recoveries one-hundred-five (105). For more information or to report if any person had contact with confirmed COVID-19 please call to the free toll line 8335 and 952 or to regular phone 0118276796 and regional toll free lines, or use our email:-ephieoc@gmail.com.

Source: Ethiopian News May 11, 2020 10:41 UTC