Ethiopian COVID-19 Cases Updates

To make it easier for people to follow the situation, we are aggregating Ethiopian COVID-19 (coronavirus) related confirmed cases.

False positives:	1
Total tests:	91,616 (0.8% infected)
Tests/1M pop:	803
Ethiopians:	697
Foreigners:	34 (2 left)

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• May 2020
  • 27
    Ethiopia has confirmed thirty new cases and fourteen newly recovered. source

    Travel history from abroad	11
    Contact with confirmed cases	5
    No travel history or contact with confirmed case	14
    Total	30

  • 26
    Ethiopia has confirmed fourty-six new cases and eight newly recovered. source

    Travel history from abroad	34
    Contact with confirmed cases	4
    No travel history or contact with confirmed case	8
    Total	46

    A 32 years old female Ethiopian from Addis Ababa who was in an intensive care due to other medical condition and was confirmed positive for COVID-19 yesterday has passed away yesterday night.
  • 25
    Ethiopia has confirmed seventy-three new cases and seven newly recovered. source

    Travel history from abroad	27
    Contact with confirmed cases	15
    No travel history or contact with confirmed case	31
    Total	73

    6 of the confirmed positive cases are from various nationalities while 67 are Ethiopians. Of all, 49 are male and 24 are female and their age ranges from 8 - 75 years: 56 from Addis Ababa, 4 from Tigray region, 2 from Amhara region, 8 from Somali region and 3 long truck drivers with travel history from abroad
  • 24
    Ethiopia has confirmed eighty-eight new cases and one newly recovered. source

    Travel history from abroad	13
    Contact with confirmed cases	20
    No travel history or contact with confirmed case	55
    Total	88

    All of the confirmed positive cases are Ethiopians of which 51 are male and 37 are female and their age ranges from 8 - 75 years: 73 from Addis Ababa, 8 from Tigray region, 4 from Oromia region, 1 from Hareri region and 2 long truck drivers with travel history from abroad
  • 23
    Ethiopia has confirmed sixty-one new cases and twenty-three newly recovered. source

    Travel history from abroad	11
    Contact with confirmed cases	5
    No travel history or contact with confirmed case	45
    Total	61

  • 22
    Ethiopia has confirmed thirty thirty-four new cases and five newly recovered. source

    Travel history from abroad	9 10
    Contact with confirmed cases	17
    No travel history or contact with confirmed case	4 7
    Total	30 34

    
    UPDATE: MoH reported 4 additional cases on this day and the total reported cases are 34 source
  • 21
    Ethiopia has confirmed nine ten new cases and one newly recovered. source

    Travel history from abroad	5
    Contact with confirmed cases	2
    No travel history or contact with confirmed case	2 3
    Total	10

    
    UPDATE: MoH reported one additional case on this day and the total reported cases are 10 source
  • 20
    Ethiopia has confirmed twenty-four new cases and two newly recovered. source

    Travel history from abroad	12
    Contact with confirmed cases	8
    No travel history or contact with confirmed case	4
    Total	24

  • 19
    Ethiopia has confirmed fourteen new cases and four newly recovered. source

    Travel history from abroad	6
    Contact with confirmed cases	7
    No travel history or contact with confirmed case	1
    Total	14

  • 18
    Ethiopia has confirmed thiry-five thirty-four new cases and three newly recovered. source

    Travel history from abroad	6
    Contact with confirmed cases	24
    No travel history or contact with confirmed case	5
    Total	35

    All of the confirmed positive cases are Ethiopians of which 17 are male and 18 are female and their age ranges from 15 - 80 years: 29 from Addis Ababa, 1 from Oromia region, 4 from Somalia region and 1 from Amhara region
    
    UPDATE: MoH reported that there was a recount of a patient that was already included on May 17th report and the actual new cases are 34 instead of 35 source
  • 17
    Ethiopia has confirmed eleven new cases. source

    Travel history from abroad	7
    Contact with confirmed cases	3
    No travel history or contact with confirmed case	1
    Total	11

    All of the confirmed positive cases are Ethiopians of which 5 are male and 4 are female and their age ranges from 17 - 45 years: 4 from Addis Ababa, 6 from Oromia region and 1 from Amhara region
  • 16
    Ethiopia has confirmed nineteen new cases and one newly recovered. source

    Travel history from abroad	15
    Contact with confirmed cases	2
    No travel history or contact with confirmed case	2
    Total	19

    All of the confirmed positive cases are Ethiopians of which 15 are male and 4 are female and their age ranges from 16 - 55 years: 2 from Addis Ababa, 2 from Oromia region, 3 from Tigray region, 1 from Amhara region and 11 from Somali region
  • 15
    Ethiopia has confirmed fifteen new cases and four newly recovered. source

    Travel history from abroad	7
    Contact with confirmed cases	7
    No travel history or contact with confirmed case	1
    Total	15

    All of the confirmed positive cases are male Ethiopians and their age ranges from 17 - 38 years. Among the cases, 8 of them are from Addis Ababa, 2 are from Benishangul Gumuz region (Guba Pawe Quarantine Center), 1 is from Afar region (Samara Quarantine Center), 1 is from Amhara region (Metema Quarantine Center) and 3 are from Somali region (Jigjiga Quarantine Center)
  • 14
    Ethiopia has confirmed nine new cases. source

    Travel history from abroad	4
    Contact with confirmed cases	3
    No travel history or contact with confirmed case	2
    Total	9

    All of the confirmed positive cases are Ethiopians of which 5 are male and 4 are female and their age ranges from 17 - 66 years. Among the cases, 5 of them are from Addis Ababa while 4 of them are from Somali region (Jigjiga Quarantine Center)
  • 13
    Ethiopia has confirmed two new cases and two newly recovered. source

    Travel history from abroad	2
    Contact with confirmed cases	0
    No travel history or contact with confirmed case	0
    Total	2

    All of the confirmed positive cases are male Ethiopians and their age ranges from 24 - 33 years. One of them is Tigray region resident and a cross border truck driver and the other is from Somali region (Jigjiga Quarantine Center)
  • 12
    Ethiopia has confirmed eleven new cases and one newly recovered. source

    Travel history from abroad	11
    Contact with confirmed cases	0
    No travel history or contact with confirmed case	0
    Total	11

    All of the confirmed positive cases are male Ethiopians and their age ranges from 19 - 47 years. Among the cases, 8 of them are from Afar region, 1 from Tigray region, 1 from Somalia region and 1 from Amhara region.
  • 11
    Ethiopia has confirmed eleven new cases and six newly recovered. source

    Travel history from abroad	5
    Contact with confirmed cases	6
    No travel history or contact with confirmed case	0
    Total	11

    All of the confirmed positive cases are Ethiopians and of which 10 are male and 1 is famale and their age ranges from 18 - 38 years. Among the cases, 5 of them are Addis Ababa residents, 2 from Tigray region and 3 from Afar region and 1 is from Oromia region.
  • 10
    Ethiopia has confirmed twenty-nine new cases and two newly recovered. source

    Travel history from abroad	8
    Contact with confirmed cases	21
    No travel history or contact with confirmed case	0
    Total	29

    All of the confirmed positive cases are male Ethiopians and their age ranges from 15 - 45 years. Among the cases, 21 of them are Addis Ababa residents, 7 from Somali region (Somali Quarantine Center) and 1 is from Oromia region (Identified by community based surveillance in Adama town).
  • 09
    Ethiopia has confirmed sixteen new cases, one new death and two newly recovered. source

    Travel history from abroad	2
    Contact with confirmed cases	13
    No travel history or contact with confirmed case	1
    Total	16

    A 65-year-old patient who was in an intensive care passed away in Addis Ababa.
    All of the confirmed positive cases are Ethiopians of which 7 are male and 9 are female and their age ranges from 20 - 60 years. Among the cases, 13 of them are Addis Ababa residents, 1 from Amhara region (Woldiya Quarantine Center) and 2 are from SNNPR (Wolayita Sodo Quarantine Center and Gurage Zone Butajira town)
  • 08
    Ethiopia has confirmed three new cases and two newly recovered. source

    Travel history from abroad	0
    Contact with confirmed cases	2
    No travel history or contact with confirmed case	1
    Total	3

    All the confirmed positive cases are Ethiopian females and their age ranges from 23-33 years. All of the cases are Addis Ababa residents.
  • 07
    Ethiopia has confirmed twenty-five new cases. source 1

    Travel history from abroad	3
    Contact with confirmed cases	3
    No travel history or contact with confirmed case	19
    Total	25

    All the cases confirmed positive are Ethiopians of which 24 are male and 1 is female and their age ranges from 17-65 years. Among the cases, 21 of them are Addis Ababa residents, 2 are from SNNPR (Hadiya and Kembata Zone), and 2 from Oromia region (Borena quarantine center and Addis Ababa Zuria Special Zone)
    
    UPDATE: additonal four new cases have been reported making the total for today twenty nine. source 2, source 3

    No.	Nationality	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Ethiopian (Tigray)	28	Male	Yes*	-
    2	Ethiopian (Tigray)	25	Male	Yes*	-
    3	Ethiopian (Tigray)	24	Male	Yes*	-
    4	Ethiopian (Tigray)	33	Male	Yes*	-

    ^*these four patients had travel history to Djibouti.
  • 06
    Ethiopia has confirmed seventeen new cases and two newly recovered. source

    No.	Nationality	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Ethiopian (A/A)	27	Male	No	Maybe
    2	Ethiopian	20	Male	Yes*	-
    3	Ethiopian	25	Male	Yes*	-
    4	Ethiopian	14	Male	Yes*	-
    5	Ethiopian	26	Male	Yes*	-
    6	Ethiopian	65	Male	Yes*	-
    7	Ethiopian (A/A)	28	Female	No	Yes
    8	Ethiopian (Afar)	39	Male	No	Under investigation
    9	Ethiopian	50	Male	Yes*	-
    10	Ethiopian	30	Male	Yes*	-
    11	Ethiopian (A/A)	53	Female	No	Yes
    12	Ethiopian	23	Male	Yes*	-
    13	Ethiopian	24	Male	Yes*	-
    14	Ethiopian	27	Male	Yes*	-
    15	Ethiopian	20	Male	Yes*	-
    16	Ethiopian	22	Male	Yes*	-
    17	Ethiopian	41	Male	Yes*	-

    * patients 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10 had travel history from Djibouti. Patients 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 had travel history from Somalia. These patients were in mandatory quarantine. Patient 1 does not have travel history but has a risk of exposure due to the nature of his work, while patients 7 and 11 had no travel history but contact with a previously confirmed positive case. Patient 8 does not have travel history nor a known contact with positive case.
  • 05
    Ethiopia has confirmed five new cases, sixteen newly recovered and one new death. source

    No.	Nationality	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Ethiopian (A/A)	75	Female	No	Under investigation
    2	Ethiopian (Afar)	25	Male	Yes*	-
    3	Ethiopian (Afar)	22	Male	Yes*	-
    4	Ethiopian (A/A)	8	Female	-	Yes
    5	Ethiopian (Batu, Oromia)	19	Female	-	Yes

    * patient 1 was being treated at a hospital for other chronic medical problems and due to respiratory distress, she was suspected for COVID-19 and sample was taken. However, she passed away before results confirmed she was positive for COVID-19. Patients 2 and 3 have travel history from Djibouti and were in mandatory quarantine. Patients 4 and 5 do not have travel history have had contact with previously confirmed positive cases.
  • 04
    Ethiopia has confirmed five new cases. source

    No.	Nationality	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Ethiopian	24	Male	Yes*	-
    2	Ethiopian	23	Male	Yes*	-
    3	Ethiopian	20	Male	Yes*	-
    4	Ethiopian (Bahir Dar)	17	Male	No	Yes
    4	Swedish	19	Male	Yes*	-

    * patients 1, 2 and 3 have travel history from Puntland, while patient 5 has travel history from Sweden. These patients were in mandatory quarantine. Patient 4 instead does not have travel history but had contact with a confirmed positive case.
  • 03
    Ethiopia has confirmed two new cases and six newly recovered. source

    No.	Nationality	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Ethiopian (Batu/Zeway)	49	Male	No	No
    2	Ethiopian (Silti Woreda/SNNPR)	45	Female	No	No

    Patient 1 was under medical care in Addis Ababa and was identified by a random laboratory test among admitted patients. Patient 2 was identified via house to house surveillance.
  • 02
    Ethiopia has confirmed zero new cases and three newly recovered. source
    
    UPDATE: on this day, the MoH corrected the number of tests conducted: the total tests to this day are 20,770 instead of 19,857 as reported. source
  • 01
    Ethiopia has confirmed two new cases and seven newly recovered. source

    No.	Nationality	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Ethiopian	25	Male	Yes*	-
    2	Ethiopian	20	Male	Yes*	-

    ^*patient 1 has travel history from Kenya, while patient 2 has travel history from Puntland. Both patients were in mandatory quarantine.
• April 2020
  • 30
    Ethiopia has confirmed one new case and one newly recovered. source

    No.	Nationality	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Ethiopian (Bahirdar)	45	Female	No	Yes

    ^* the patients does not have travel history but had contact with a confirmed positive case.
  • 29
    Ethiopia has confirmed four new cases and eight newly recovered. source

    No.	Nationality	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Ethiopian	18	Female	Yes*	-
    2	Ethiopian	25	Female	Yes*	-
    3	Ethiopian	15	Female	Yes*	-
    4	Ethiopian	23	Male	No	Under investigation

    ^* patients 1, 2 and 3 have travel history from Puntland and were in mandatory quarantine. While patient 4 does not have travel history nor known contact with a confirmed positive case.
  • 28
    Ethiopia has confirmed two new cases. source

    No.	Nationality	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	British	42	Male	Yes*	-
    2	British	50	Male	Yes*	-

    ^*both patients came back from the UK and were in mandatory quarantine.
  • 27
    Ethiopia has confirmed one new case and nine newly recovered. source

    No.	Nationality	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	British	45	Male	Yes*	-

    ^* the Ethiopia-born British patient has travel history from the UK and was in mandatory quarantine.
  • 26
    Ethiopia has confirmed one new case and twelve newly recovered. source

    No.	Nationality	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Ethiopian (Jijiga)	30	Male	Yes*	-

    ^* the patient has travel history from Puntland and was in mandatory quarantine.
  • 25
    Ethiopia has confirmed five new cases and four newly recovered. source

    No.	Nationality	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Ethiopian (A/A)	75	Female	No	Under investigation
    2	Chinese (Sebeta)	39	Male	No	Yes
    3	Chinese (Sebeta)	49	Female	No	Yes
    4	Chinese (Sebeta)	59	Male	No	Yes
    5	Chinese (Sebeta)	28	Male	No	Yes

    ^* all patients do not have travel history. Patient 1 does not have a known contact with a previously confirmed case while all other patients had contact.
  • 24
    Ethiopia has confirmed one new case and four newly recovered. source

    No.	Nationality	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Ethiopian	60	Female	Yes*	-

    ^*the patient has travel history from the UK and was in quarantine.
  • 23
    No case was reported on this day.
  • 22
    Ethiopia has confirmed two new cases and five newly recovered. source

    No.	Nationality	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Ethiopian (Gewane/Afar)	22	Male	No	Under investigation
    2	American	54	Male	Yes*	No

    ^*patient 2, Ethiopia born American, travelled from USA and was in quarantine while patient 1 does not have travel history nor a known contact with a confirmed positive case.
  • 21
    Ethiopia has confirmed three new cases. source

    No.	Nationality	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Chinese (Sebeta,Oromia)	43	Male	No	Under investigation
    2	Ethiopian (A/A)	22	Male	No	Maybe
    3	Ethiopian (A/A)	22	Male	Yes*	-

    ^*patients 3 has travel history from Saudi Arabia and was in quarantine. Patients 1 and 2 do not have travel history but patient 2 might have contracted the virus because of the nature of his work. Patient 1, however, does not have a known contact with a confirmed positive case.
  • 20
    Ethiopia has confirmed three new cases. source

    No.	Nationality	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Ethiopian (Dire Dawa)	17	Male	Yes*	-
    2	Ethiopian (Dire Dawa)	18	Male	No	Yes
    3	Ethiopian (Dire Dawa)	15	Male	Yes*	-

    ^*patients 1 and 3 have travel history from Djibouti and were both in quarantine. Patient 2 does not have travel history but had contact with a confirmed positive case.
  • 19
    Ethiopia has confirmed three new cases. source

    No.	Nationality	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Ethiopian (A/A)	62	Female	Yes*	Yes
    2	Ethiopian (A/A)	52	Female	-	Under investigation
    3	Ethiopian (A/A)	19	Male	Yes*	-

    ^*patient 1 has travelled from USA, patient 3 has travelled from Saudi Arabia. Both patients were in quarantine. Patient 2, however, had no travel histoy nor a known contact with a previously confirmed case.
  • 18
    Ethiopia has confirmed nine new cases and one new recovered. source

    No.	Nationality	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Ethiopian (Limu Kosa, Jimma)	20	Female	Yes*	-
    2	Ethiopian (A/A)	42	Female	-	Yes
    3	Ethiopian (A/A)	40	Female	-	Yes
    4	Ethiopian (A/A)	13	Male	-	Yes
    5	Ethiopian (A/A)	73	Male	Yes*	-
    6	Ethiopian (Dire Dawa)	19	Male	Yes*	-
    7	Ethiopian (Dire Dawa)	20	Male	Yes*	-
    8	Ethiopian (Dire Dawa)	19	Male	Yes*	-
    9	Equatorial Guinea	38	Male	Yes*	-

    ^*patient 1 has travelled from Lebanon and arrived before the mandatory quarantine, patient 5 travelled from USA, patients 6, 7 and 8 travelled from Djibouti and patient 9 travelled from UK. Patients 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 were in mandatory quarantine. Patients 2, 3 and 4 do not have travel history, however, they had contact with confirmed cases.
  • 17
    Ethiopia has confirmed four new cases. source

    No.	Nationality	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Ethiopian (A/A)	22	Male	Yes*	Yes
    2	Ethiopian (A/A)	52	Female	No	Yes
    3	Ethiopian (Bahir Dar)	52	Male	No	Yes
    4	Ethiopian (Addis Kidam)	23	Female	No	Under investigation

    ^*patient 1 travelled from Duabi and was in mandatory quarantine. Patients 2 and 3 had contact with previously confirmed cases while patient 4 does not have travel history nor known contact with previously confirmed case.
  • 16
    Ethiopia has confirmed seven new cases. source

    No.	Nationality	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Ethiopian	21	Male	Yes*	-
    2	Ethiopian	32	Male	Yes*	-
    3	Ethiopian	76	Male	Yes*	-
    4	Ethiopian	34	Male	Yes*	-
    5	Ethiopian	39	Male	Yes*	-
    6	Ethiopian (A/A)	14	Female	No	Under investigation
    7	Ethiopian	61	Female	Yes*	-

    ^*Patients 1 and 7 travelled from USA, patient 2 has travel history of Germany and Belgium, patients 3 and 4 travelled from Sweden, patient 5 travelled from Japan while patient 6 does not have travel history nor a known contact with a confirmed positive case. All patients with travel hisotry were in mandatory quarantine.
  • 15
    Ethiopia has confirmed three new cases and one new recovered. source

    No.	Nationality	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Ethiopian (A/A)	43	Male	Yes*	-
    2	Ethiopian (A/A)	30	Male	No	Yes
    3	Ethiopian (A/A)	24	Male	No	Yes

    ^*Patient 1 came from USA and was in quarantine while patients 2 and 3 had no travel histoy but contact with a previously confirmed case.
  • 14
    Ethiopia has confirmed eight new cases. source

    No.	Nationality	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Eritrean	20	Male	Yes*	-
    2	Ethiopian (A/A)	62	Male	No	Yes
    3	Ethiopian (A/A)	16	Female	No	Yes
    4	Ethiopian (A/A)	14	Female	No	Yes
    5	Ethiopian (A/A)	32	Male	Yes*	-
    6	British	38	Male	Yes*	-
    7	Somalian	37	Male	Yes*	-
    8	Ethiopian (A/A)	40	Male	No	Maybe

    ^*Patient 1, 6 and 7 came from the UK, while patient 5 came from the USA. These patients were in quarantine. Patients 2, 3 and 4 had contact with previously confirmed case. Patient 8 instead does not have a known contact with a confirmed positive case, however, he might have contracted the virus because of the nature of his work.
  • 13
    Ethiopia has confirmed three new cases and four new recovered. source

    No.	Nationality	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Ethiopian	40	Male	No	No
    2	Ethiopian	23	Female	No	Yes
    3	Ethiopian	72	Male	No	No

    All the patients do not have travel history. Patient 2 had contact with previously confirmed case while patients 1 and 3 do not have known contact (and hence, at the moment not known how they got the virus hinting community spread).
  • 12
    Ethiopia has confirmed two new cases. source

    No.	Nationality	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Ethiopian	25	Female	Yes*	-
    2	Ethiopian	35	Female	Yes*	-

    ^* patient 1 came from Dubai before the mandatory quarantine, while patient 2 has travel history to Turkey and was in quarantine.
  • 11
    Ethiopia has confirmed four new cases and six new recovered. source

    No.	Nationality	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Ethiopian	33	Female	Yes*	-
    2	Ethiopian	30	Female	Yes*	-
    3	Ethiopian	29	Male	Yes*	-
    4	Ethiopian	42	Male	-	Under investigation

    ^* patient 1 came from USA, patients 2 and 3 came from Dubai. They were all in quarantine. Patient 4 instead does not have travel history nor a known contact with a confirmed case.
  • 10
    Ethiopia has confirmed nine new cases and one death. source 1, source 2

    No.	Nationality	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Indian	20	Female	Yes*	-
    2	Ethiopian	37	Male	Yes*	-
    3	Ethiopian	38	Male	Yes*	-
    4	Ethiopian	24	Female	Yes*	-
    5	Ethiopian	46	Female	Yes*	-
    6	Ethiopian	33	Male	Yes*	-
    7	Ethiopian	29	Female	Yes*	-
    8	Ethiopian	39	Female	Yes*	-
    9	Eritrean	40	Male	Yes*	-
    10	Dukem (Oromia Region)	65	Female	-	-

    ^* paitents 2 and 3 came from Turkey, patients 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 came from Dubai, while patients 1 and 8 came from USA and UK, respectively. All patients were in quarantine. Patient 10 from April 06 has passed away.
  • 09
    Ethiopia has confirmed one new case. source

    No.	Residence	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Canada	43	Male	Yes*	-

    ^* Ethiopia born Canadian patient came from Canada via Dubai and was in quarantine.
  • 08
    Ethiopia has confirmed 3 new cases. source

    No.	Residence	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Addis Kidam	36	Male	No	Yes
    2	Addis Ababa	29	Male	Yes*	-
    3	Addis Ababa	29	Male	Yes*	-

    ^* patients 2 and 3 returned from Dubai and were in quarantine.
  • 07
    Ethiopia has confirmed 8 new cases. source 1 , source 2

    No.	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	9 months	Male	Yes*	Yes
    2	36	Male	Yes*	Yes
    3	33	Male	Yes*	Yes
    4	38	Female	Yes*	Yes
    5	25	Male	Yes*	-
    6	25	Female	Yes*	-
    7	19	Male	No	yes
    8	30	Female	Yes*	-

    ^* apart from patient 7, all had travel history. Patients 1 to 5 returned from Dubai, patient 6 returned from Thailand and patient 8 (an Eritrean patient) returned from London. Patients with travel history were in quarantine.
  • 06
    Ethiopia has confirmed one new case. source

    No.	Residence	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Dukem (Oromia Region)	65	Female	-	-

    ^* the patient does not have travel history nor contact with a confirmed case
    
    Update (April 10): the patient was in ICU and has passed away on April 10.
  • 05
    Ethiopia has confirmed five new cases and two new deaths. source 1, source 2, source 3

    No.	Residence	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Addis Ababa	26	Male	Yes*	-
    2	Addis Ababa	60	Male	Yes*	-
    3	Addis Ababa	45	Male	Yes*	-
    4	Visitor (in A/A)	27	Female	Yes*	-
    5	Addis Ababa	30	Male	-	Yes
    6	Addis Ababa	56	Male	No	-
    7	Addis Ababa	60	Male	Yes	-

    ^*patient 1 returned from Dubai, patient 2 returned from Congo, patient 3 returned from Canada and patient 4 is visiting from Leicester, England. Three patients are Ethiopians while the other two are from Eritrea and Libya. All patients were in quarantine. Patient 6 from April 03 and patient 7 from March 31 have passed away.
  • 04
    Ethiopia has confirmed three new cases and one new recovered. source 1, source 2

    No.	Residence	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Addis Ababa	29	Male	Yes*	Yes
    2	Addis Ababa	34	Male	Yes*	Yes
    3	Addis Ababa	35	Female	Yes*	-

    ^*patients 1 and 2 returned from Dubai on March 19th and April 1st, respectively, while patient 3 returned from Sweden on April 3rd. Patients 2 and 3 were in quarantine.
  • 03
    Ethiopia confirmed six new cases. source 1, source 2

    No.	Residence	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Addis Ababa	35	Male	Yes*	-
    2	Addis Ababa	28	Male	No	Yes
    3	Dire Dawa	33	Female	No	Yes
    4	Addis Ababa	56	Male	No	Under Investigation
    5	Addis Ababa	30	Male	No	Under Investigation
    6	Addis Ababa	30	Male	Yes*	-

    ^*patients 1 and 6 returned from Dubai on March 19th and March 17th, respectively.
    
    Update (April 5): patient 4 (the 56-year-old patient) was in ICU and passed away on April 5.
  • 01
    Ethiopia has confirmed three new cases and one new recovered. source 1, source 2

    No.	Nationality	Age	Gender	Travel history	Contact with +ve case
    1	Ethiopian	32	Female	Yes*	-
    2	Ethiopian	26	Male	No	Maybe
    3	Ethiopian	32	Male	No	Yes

    ^*The confirmed cases are all Ethiopians. The first case is a 32 years old female with travel history to Djibouti, Brazil, India and her last travel was to Congo Brazzaville. The second case is a 26 years old male with no travel history. However, due to the nature of his work, he has contact with travelers. The third patient, a 32 years old male, was under follow up in an isolation center as he had contact history with a previously confirmed case. All patients are following medical treatments in a designated treatment center. Close contacts are under follow up and further contact tracing is ongoing.
• March 2020
  • 31
    Ethiopia has confirmed three new cases. The first two confirmed cases are a 30 years old and a 36 years old male Ethiopians that arrived on March 24 from Dubai on the same flight. Both were in a mandatory quarantine at a designated center. Upon developing symptoms, they were isolated and tested positive for COVID-19. The third case is a 60 years old female Ethiopian residing in Addis Ababa who arrived from France on March 15. She was in a follow up and upon developments of symptoms, she contacted the hotline service and laboratory test confirmed positive for COVID-19. All patients are under treatment in a designated treatment center. source
    
    Update: Ethiopia confirmed one more new case. The confirmed case is a 42 years old male Ethiopian that lives in Dire Dawa and returned from Australia on March 18 before the mandatory quarantine was put in place and travelled from Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa on March 19. Upon developing symptoms, the Ethiopian Publich Health Institute conducted a laboratory test and the result confirmed positive for COVID-19. The patient is under treatment in a designated treatment center in Dire Dawa. source
    
    Update (April 5): patient three (the 60-year-old patient) was in ICU and passed away on April 5.
  • 30
    Ethiopia has confirmed two new cases. The first case is a 32 years old Ethiopian man who came from USA on March 19 and residing in Addiskedame town, Amhara region. The second case is a 37 years old female Ethiopian residing in Bahirdar City, Amhara region who arrived on March 21 from UAE. Both arrived before the mandatory quarantine was in effect. Upon developing symptoms they were isolated and tests were conducted that later confirmed positive for COVID-19. The patients are under medical treatment in a designated regional isolation center. The contact tracing and follow up is undergoing. source
  • 29
    Ethiopia has confirmed three new case. The first patient is 28 years old female Ethiopian with travel history to Brussels, Belgium and Cameroon on March 17th and 19th, respectively. The patient was tested positive on March 28th after developing symptoms. The second and third patients are 14 years old male and 48 years old female who are family members residing in Adama and had close contact with a previous confirmed case. They were under medical follow up after they were identified through contact tracing and were tested positive on March 28th. source
    
    Update: Ethiopia confirmed two more new cases. The confirmed cases are a 38 years old male and a 35 years old female Ethiopians living in Addis Ababa. They have travel history to Dubai on different dates. Upon developing sympotoms, the Ethiopian Public Health Institute conducted a laboratory test and confirmed both patients for COVID-19 source
  • 27
    Ethiopia has confirmed four new case. A 72 years old Mauritian man who returned from Congo Brazzaville on March 14 and visited health center on March 22. The Ethiopian Public Health Institute has then conducted tests and confirmed that the patient has tested positive. Six people have been identified by contact tracing and are in isolation and further contact tracing is being performed to identify more related people. The second patient is a 61 years old resident of Adama city. This patient does not have any travel history but had work related contact with a foreigner. The patient first showed symptoms on March 18 and was in isolation and on March 25, the patient went to health centers where tests confirmed to be positive. Related to this patient, 24 other people have been identified and are in isolation. The third case is a 28 years old Ethiopian that returned from Israel on March 21. On March 25, a test conducted by the Ethiopian Public Health Institute resulted positive. With contact tracing, 7 more people were identified and are in isolation. The fourth patient is a 24 years old girl that does not have any travel history. On March 26 her test result came out to be positive. Investigation is undergoing to see if she had contact with people who have shown symptoms. All patients are in isolation center receiving treatments. source
    
    Update (March 30): Since the 24 years old girl did not have any travel history and contact with a confirmed COVID-19 positive case, three more tests were conducted and all results were negative. Since the girl has known underlying health conditions, she will continue to receive treament in the hosptal. The related isolated health workers will go back to their work and family in the coming days. source
  • 23
    Ethiopia has confirmed one new case. A 34 years old Ethiopian man who came back from Dubai on March 19th. The patient went to a health facility on March 22nd after he felt symptoms of COVID-19 and his laboratory result was confirmed positive. The patient is under medical treatment in a designated treatment center and is in a stable condition. source
  • 22
    Ethiopia has confirmed two new cases. A 28 years old Ethiopian who had travel history to COVID-19 affected country and came back from Belgium to Ethiopia on March 14th. The second is a 34 years old Ethiopian who came to Ethiopia on March 19 from Dubai and was detected at the airport health screening desk as he had syptoms. Both are in a stable condition and contact tracing is being conducted. source
  • 19
    Three new cases. A 44 year old Japanse who had contact with previously confirmed case and was under close follow up by contact tracing. The second confirmed case is 85 years old Ethiopian who came to Ethiopia on March 2. The third case is a 39 year old Australian who came to Ethiopia on March 15th. While the two confirmed cases are in stable conditions, the 85 year old has a severe form of illness and is under close medical care. source
  • 17
    Ethiopia confirmed the 6th case of COVID-19. A 59 year old female UK diplomat who came from Dubai. She was self-isolating in a hotel she was staying at. Currently, she is in isolation and on medical follow up. source
  • 15
    Based on contact tracing related to the first case, Ethiopia confirmed 3 more positive cases of COVID-19. Two Japanese citizens aged 44 and 47 and one Ethiopian (their driver) aged 42. All were in close contact with the first confirmed case. The clinical condition of the first confirmed case is progressing well and currently does not have clinical symptoms. source
    
    Update: Ethiopia confirmed the 5th case on March 15th. The confirmed case is a 34 years old Ethiopian citizen who returned from Dubai on March 12. The person is under medical follow up at a designated isolation and treatment center. So far about 117 contacts have been traced and are all being quarantined and under close follow up. source
  • 13
    The first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Ethiopia is reported. A 48 year old Japanese citizen who came to Ethiopia on March 4 from Burkina Faso. The patient is under isolation and is in a stable condition. source