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Ethiopia records nine new COVID-19 cases raising the total to 105

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Published on: June 16, 2023

Ethiopia’s confirmed coronavirus cases have reached a total of 105 after nine more people were confirmed positive for the virus.

From the total of 659 medical tests that were conducted within the last 24 hours, nine tested positive while the total number of those receiving treatment stands at  84 and one person recovered.

Out of all the nine individuals, eight were Ethiopian nationals and one from Equatorial Guinea -three females and six males.

The ages of the nine individuals are between 20 and 38 years old.

Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most populous nation with about 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.