ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia registered 622 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 360,503 as of Wednesday evening, the country's Health Ministry said.
The ministry reported 29 new COVID-19 related deaths and 487 more recoveries during the same period, bringing the national death toll and recoveries to 6,287 and 330,821 respectively.
Ethiopia, Africa's second-most populous nation, has so far reported the largest number of COVID-19 cases in the East Africa region.
Amid its national push for vaccination, Ethiopia has so far administered a total of 4,102,954 vaccine doses, according to the ministry.
Ethiopia is among the countries hardest hit by COVID-19 in Africa, following South Africa, Morocco and Tunisia. Enditem
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