Coronavirus - Ethiopia: Notification Note on COVID-19 Situational Update - 17 May 2020 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 17, 2020/APO Group/ -- The total laboratory tests conducted within 24 hours are 4225; of these Eleven (11) of them are confirmed positive for COVID-19 and the total confirmed cases as of today are Three-Hundred-Seventeen (317). Among the confirmed cases, 5 of them are male and 6 are female. All of them are Ethiopians and their age ranges from 17 to 45 years old. Among the cases 4 of them are identified from Addis Ababa, 6 from Somali region (Jigjiga quarantine center) and 1 is from Amhara region (North Shoa Zone, Ataye town quarantine center). The potential sources of exposure of the confirmed cases are presented below:
Potential Exposure |
Number of Cases |
Travel history from abroad |
7 |
Contact with confirmed cases |
3 |
Cases with no contact with confirmed cases and no travel history |
1 |
Total |
11 |
Total laboratory test conducted |
57,254 |
Laboratory tests conducted within 24 hours |
4,225 |
Number of confirmed cases within 24 hours |
11 |
Total patients of COVID-19 in the treatment centers |
197 |
Patients in intensive care |
0 |
Newly recovered |
0 |
Total recovered |
113 |
Total deaths |
5 |
Returned to their country |
2 |
Total confirmed cases as of today |
317 |