ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Ethiopian Ministry of Health on Monday reported 281 new COVID-19 cases, as the total number of confirmed cases hit 123,145 in the country. It also said that some 11,385 of the total reported COVID-19 cases are active cases, of which 231 of the patients are said to be under severe conditions. According to the ministry, the new cases were discovered out of 4,171 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. Ethiopia is the fifth-most COVID-19 affected country in the African continent, after South Africa, Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia.

Source: Ethiopian News December 28, 2020 17:03 UTC