6 May
Ethiopia registered 785 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 260,139 as of Wednesday evening, the country's Ministry of Health said.
The ministry said 23 new deaths from the coronavirus were reported across the country during the same period, bringing the national death toll to 3,795.
The East African country reported 729 more COVID-19 recoveries, taking the national count to 203,408.
Ethiopia, Africa's second most populous nation, has reported the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the East Africa region.
According to the ministry, Ethiopia has 52,934 active COVID-19 cases, of whom 785 are said to be under severe health conditions.
Ethiopia has conducted 2,599,462 COVID-19 medical tests, the ministry further said.
Ethiopia is one of the countries hit hardest by COVID-19 in Africa in terms of total cases, next to South Africa, Morocco and Tunisia.
xinhua
