ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 8 (Xinhua/APP):Ethiopia registered 1,166 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 352,504 as of Thursday evening, the country’s Health Ministry said.
The ministry reported 45 new COVID-19 related deaths and 1,093 more recoveries during the same period, bringing the national death toll and recoveries to 5,888 and 319,989, 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 administered a total of 3,851,109 vaccine doses, according to the ministry.
Ethiopia is among those countries hit hardest by COVID-19 in Africa, following South Africa, Morocco and Tunisia.
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