Ethiopia's COVID-19 cases pass 15,000 mark

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ADDIS ABABA, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia's confirmed COVID-19 cases reached 15,200 after 653 new COVID-19 positive cases were confirmed on Tuesday, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health said.

The Ethiopian Ministry of Health in a statement issued on Tuesday said 6,526 patients who tested positive for COVID-19 have so far recovered, including 170 in the last 24 hours period.

A total of 14 more patients succumbed to the COVID-19, bringing the death toll of COVID-19 to 239 so far, according to the ministry.

The ministry further said a total of 8,433 COVID-19 patients are still undergoing medical treatment, out of which 66 are in severe condition.

Ethiopia, Africa's second most populous nation with about 107 million people, confirmed its first case of COVID-19 on March 13.

The East African country had so far conducted some 395,851 COVID-19 medical tests, according to the ministry. Enditem

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