Ethiopia has confirmed one-hundred-twenty-nine new cases, one new death and nineteen newly recovered.
source
Total
129
Tests today
5500
An 80-year-old female Ethiopian from Addis Ababa has passed away and post mortem test resulted positive for COVID-19. The patient arrived to the hospital due to medical conditions and passed away within one hour of admission.
05
Ethiopia has confirmed one-hundred-sixty-nine new cases, one new death and twelve newly recovered.
source
Total
169
Tests today
5798
A 35-year-old female Ethiopian has passed away and post mortem test resulted positive for COVID-19.
04
Ethiopia has confirmed one-hundred-fifty new cases, one new death and four newly recovered.
source
Total
150
Tests today
5141
NOTE: the MoH report misses the classification based on travel history
A 30-year-old male Ethiopian that was in intensive care treatment at Eka Kotebe Hospital and had prior chronic illness has passed away yesterday.
03
Ethiopia has confirmed one-hundred-forty-two new cases, three new deaths and fifteen newly recovered.
source
Total
142
Tests today
4120
NOTE: the MoH report misses the classification based on travel history
A 71-year-old female from Addis Ababa, a 46-year-old male from Oromia and a 40-year-old male from SNNPR have passed away. While the 71-year-old was receiving care in a health facility, the other two were tested post mortem and were resulted positive for COVID-19. Apart from one Portugese and one Djibouti, 140 of the confirmed positive cases are Ethiopians of which 84 are male and 57 are female and their age ranges from 7 - 78 years: 126 from Addis Ababa, 2 from Afar region, 7 from Oromia region, 6 from Amhara region and 1 from Somali region
02
Ethiopia has confirmed eighty-seven new cases, two new deaths and fourteen newly recovered.
source
Travel history from abroad
28
Contact with confirmed cases
18
No travel history or contact with confirmed case
41
Total
87
Tests today
3932
A 30-year-old male and a 50-year-old female Ethiopians who were in Addis Ababa under medical follow up have passed away. Both tests were performed post mortem and were resulted positive for COVID-19. All of the confirmed positive cases are Ethiopians of which 59 are male and 28 are female and their age ranges from 10 - 70 years: 67 from Addis Ababa, 2 from Tigray region, 6 from Oromia region, 7 from Amhara region, 1 from Harari region and 4 from Somali region
01
Ethiopia has confirmed eighty-five new cases, one new death and eight newly recovered.
source
Travel history from abroad
19
Contact with confirmed cases
18
No travel history or contact with confirmed case
48
Total
85
Tests today
2926
A 30-year-old male Ethiopian who was being treated at Eka Kotebe and had prior chronic illness has passed away yesterday. All of the confirmed positive cases are Ethiopians of which 51 are male and 34 are female and their age ranges from 1 month - 65 years: 72 from Addis Ababa, 4 from Tigray region, 5 from Oromia region, 1 from Amhara region and 3 from Somali region
May 2020
31
Ethiopia has confirmed one hundred nine new cases, three new deaths and one newly recovered.
source
Travel history from abroad
2
Contact with confirmed cases
13
No travel history or contact with confirmed case
94
Total
109
Tests today
2836
- A 29-year-old female from Setit Humera, Tigray region: the patient was receiving care in a health facility before passing away - A 75-year-old female from Addid Ababa: the patient was receiving care in a health facility before passing away - A 55-year-old male from Kefa zoe, SNNPR: post mortem forensics invatigation revealed positive for COVID-19 All of the confirmed positive cases are Ethiopians of which 61 are male and 48 are female and their age ranges from 5 - 70 years: 99 from Addis Ababa, 2 from Tigray region, 5 from Oromia region and 3 from Harai region
30
Ethiopia has confirmed ninety-five new cases and eleven newly recovered.
source
Travel history from abroad
30
Contact with confirmed cases
4
No travel history or contact with confirmed case
61
Total
95
All of the confirmed positive cases are Ethiopians except one Indian. Of all, 71 are male and 24 are female and their age ranges from 15 - 80 years: 56 from Addis Ababa, 3 from Tigray region, 1 from Afar region, 5 from Amhara region, 22 from Oromia region, 3 from Harari region, 2 from Dire Dawa city and 3 from Somali region
29
Ethiopia has confirmed one hundred thirty-seven new cases, one new death and six newly recovered.
source
Travel history from abroad
20
Contact with confirmed cases
8
No travel history or contact with confirmed case
109
Total
137
A 62-year-old male Ethiopian from Addis Ababa who was being treated at a hospital for other chronic medical problems was randomly tested for COVID-19. The patient passed away before results confirmed he was positive for COVID-19. All of the confirmed positive cases are Ethiopians of which 86 are male and 51 are female and their age ranges from 4 - 75 years: 109 from Addis Ababa, 1 from Afar region, 17 from Amhara region, 2 from Benishangul Gumuz region and 8 from Oromia region
28
Ethiopia has confirmed one hundred new cases, one new death and ten newly recovered. source
Travel history from abroad
3
Contact with confirmed cases
35
No travel history or contact with confirmed case
62
Total
100
A 70-year-old female Ethiopian from Addis Ababa who was being treated at a hospital for other chronic medical problems was randomly tested for COVID-19. She passed away before results confirmed she was positive for COVID-19. All of the confirmed positive cases are Ethiopians of which 53 are male and 47 are female and their age ranges from 3 - 70 years: 94 from Addis Ababa, 1 from Tigray region, 2 from Somali region and 3 from Oromia region
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 Somali 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
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)
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 Somali 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 Somali. 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.
* 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.
*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.
*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.
*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.
*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.
*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.
*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.
*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).
* 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.
* 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.
*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.
*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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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