Health

104 Covid Cases, 0 Fatalities reported Tuesday

ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia has logged 104 fresh Covid-19 infections on Tuesday as health authorities continue to report more daily cases than recoveries.

The nation detected the new cases from 5, 289 people tested for coronavirus in the last twenty-four hours. The figure has brought Ethiopia’s confirmed total to 471, 527, a ministry of health report shows.

Health authorities say only four patients have regained their health in the reported period. The recovery count now stands at 455, 819.

The slight rise of infections today has also pushed the confirmed active cases in the county to increase by 100 to 8, 194.

However, the report shows that the severe cases total and death toll remain stable.

Ten seriously sick patients of Covid-19 are still receiving treatments in clinics.

No one has also passed away due to the virus today, says the report, as the country continues to see no Covid fatality for seven days in a row. The death toll also stays at 7, 512

Vaccination Stalls

The vaccination pace has not made any progress in the past twenty-four hours as the official data regarding the vaccine drive stays the same.

Ethiopia has administered close to 29.45mln doses of the Covid-19 vaccine since the first shot was given to the public in March, 2021.
More than 24.5 million of its citizens are also fully vaccinated against the virus.