ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Ethiopian Ministry of Health on Saturday evening reported 533 new COVID-19 cases, as the total number of confirmed cases hit 122,423. The ministry also disclosed that the number of COVID-19 related deaths in the country reached 1,901 as of Saturday, including four new COVID-19 related deaths reported during the last 24-hour period. According to the ministry, the new cases were discovered out of 6,709 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, surpassed by South Africa, Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia.

Source: Ethiopian News December 26, 2020 19:30 UTC