Coronavirus - Ethiopia: Notification Note on COVID-19 Situational Update 15 June 2020

Apo Importer 16:16 - 15 June 2020

Ministry of Health, Ethiopia

The total laboratory tests conducted within 24 hours are 5636; of these one hundred-seventy-six (176) of them are confirmed positive for COVID-19 and the total confirmed cases as of today are3,521. Among the confirmed cases, 116 of them aremale and 60 arefemale and their age ranges from 5 to 90 years old. One hundred-seventy-five (175) of the confirmed cases areEthiopians and one is a foreigner. Among the cases, 98 of them are identified from Addis Ababa. 33 from Amhara region. 31 from Tigray...

Among the total laboratory tests conducted. 28 (17 from health facility and 11 from community) of them were from samples collected from dead bodies one of which from health facility tested positive for COVID- 19. Additionally, two people that were in treatment center have passed away. This brings the total death related to COVID-19 in our country to sixty (60). We would like to pass our condolences to the families. The details of the deaths are presented below'.

S. N Residence Sex Age Remark 1 Amhara Region Male 60 He w as in the treatment center 2 Addis Ababa Male 19 He was in the treatment center 3 Amhara Region Male 32 Sample was taken from dcadbody

Furthermore, seventy-five (75) people (31 from Addis Ababa, 28 from Somali region, 10 from Oromia region, 5 from Amhara region and 1 from Afar region) recovered from the disease bringing the total number of recoveries to 620.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health, Ethiopia.