Ethiopia records 87 new COVID-19 cases, two deaths

Addis Ababa, June 2, 2020 (FBC) – Ethiopia recorded 87 new cases of the coronavirus and two deaths in the past 24 hours.

With this, the total number of confirmed cases now stands at 1,344 and the death toll at 14.

The new cases were identified out of the 3,932 laboratory tests conducted in the past 24 hours.

Of the total new confirmed cases, 59 are male and 28 are female with the youngest being 10 years old and the oldest 70 year.

All the confirmed cases are Ethiopian nationals and 67 of them are from Addis Ababa, two from Tigray, six from Oromia, seven from Amhara and one from Harari regional states.

Of the cases, 28 have travel history from abroad, 18 having contact with confirmed cases and the remaining 41 cases have neither travel history nor known contact traces.

Fourteen more patients have recovered from the virus, bringing the total number of recoveries to 231.

The country’s total test count currently stands at 116, 309.

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