Source: Xinhua| 2020-07-27 00:24:18|Editor: huaxiaVideo Player CloseADDIS ABABA, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia's confirmed COVID-19 cases reached 13,968 after 720 new COVID-19 positive cases were confirmed on Sunday, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health said. Fourteen more patients succumbed to the COVID-19, bringing the death toll of COVID-19 to 223 so far, according to the ministry. The ministry further said a total of 7,527 COVID-19 patients are still undergoing medical treatment, out of which 65 are in severe condition. Ethiopia, Africa's second most populous nation with about 107 million people, confirmed its first case of COVID-19 on March 13. The East African country had so far conducted some 382,339 COVID-19 medical tests, according to the ministry.

Source: Ethiopian News July 26, 2020 16:30 UTC