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Ethiopia’s confirmed cases of COVID-19 reached 92 after seven more people were confirmed, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health said in a statement on Thursday.
The ministry revealed that of the total of 401 medical tests that were performed in the last 24 hours, seven of them tested positive for COVID-19, which finally brought the total number of cases to 92.
According to the ministry’s figures, the last seven individuals were Ethiopian citizens: five men and two women.
The Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health also said that 15 patients who tested positive for COVID-19 have so far recovered from the virus.
The ministry previously revealed that three patients died from COVID-19 related illnesses.
Ethiopia, the second most populous nation in Africa with approximately 107 million people, confirmed its first case of COVID-19 on March 13.
The Ethiopian government has instituted a wide range of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19.
The Ethiopian House of People’s Representatives, the lower house of the Ethiopian parliament, has already announced a five-month state of emergency to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the country.
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