ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Ethiopian Ministry of Health on Thursday reported 408 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 124,264 in the country. The ministry said that the number of COVID-19 related deaths in the country reached 1,923 as of Thursday evening, including five new COVID-19 related deaths reported during the last 24-hour period. It also said that some 10,243 of the total reported COVID-19 cases are active cases, of which 234 of the patients are said to be under severe conditions. According to the ministry, the new cases were discovered out of 5,547 COVID-19 medical tests that were conducted in the East African country during the last 24 hours. 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.

Source: Ethiopian News December 31, 2020 18:56 UTC