New COVID 19 cases in Ethiopia surpass 1000

Addis Ababa, May 30, 2020 (FBC) – New COVID 19 cases have reached 1,063 as the country has confirmed 95 more cases out of 5,034 samples tested over the last twenty four hours, Ministry of Health Stated.

Out of the new cases 30 have a travel history, 4 have contact with confirmed cases while the reaming 61 have neither contact with confirmed cases nor travel history, ministry discloses.

All are Ethiopians their age range from 15 to 80 years old, and 71 are male while the remaining 24 are female, ministry stated.

Among the total new cases, 56 of them are indentified from Addis Ababa, and the other 22 from Oromiya, 5 from Amhara, 3 from Tigray, 1 from Afar, 3 from Harari, 2 from Dire Dawa City Administration and the remaing 3 are from Somali Regional State, the data from the Ministry of Health shows.

According to Ministry of Health, 11 additional individuals have recovered from coronavisus disease taking total number of recoveries in the country 208.

The total number of confirmed cases in Ethiopia has increased to 1,063.

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