Addis Ababa, August 15, 2020 (FBC) –Ethiopia yesterday registered 1,038 new COVID 19 cases from 17, 323 laboratory tests conducted in 24 hours.
With this, the total number of confirmed cases in the country now stands at 27, 242.
The country also reported 13 COVID19-related deaths, taking the death toll to 492.
Another 232 patients have recovered from the virus to take the total number of recoveries to 11, 660.
There are now 15, 088 active cases in Ethiopia, of which 195 are in a severe condition.
The country has so far conducted 567,442 laboratory tests.