ADDIS ABABA, Jan.3 (Xinhua) -- The Ethiopian Ministry of Health on Sunday reported 573 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, as the total number of confirmed cases hit 125,622 in the country. The ministry also disclosed that the number of COVID-19 related deaths in the country reached 1,948 as of Sunday evening, including four new COVID-19 related deaths reported during the last 24-hour period. It also said that some 11,305 of the total reported COVID-19 cases were active cases, of which 239 of the patients were said to be under severe condition. Ethiopia, Africa's second-most populous nation with about 107 million people, has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the east African region. Ethiopia is the fifth-most COVID-19 affected country in the African continent, after South Africa, Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia.

Source: Ethiopian News January 03, 2021 20:37 UTC