Source: Xinhua| 2021-01-10 04:53:44|Editor: huaxiaVideo Player CloseADDIS ABABA, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Ethiopian Ministry of Health on Saturday said the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the East African country rose to 127,792 after new 220 cases were reported. The ministry said that the number of COVID-19 related deaths in the country reached 1,985 as of Saturday evening, including 11 new COVID-19 related deaths reported during the last 24-hour period. It also said that some 12,510 of the total reported COVID-19 cases were active cases, of which 200 of the patients were said to be in 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 09, 2021 21:00 UTC