ADDIS ABABA, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Djibouti's Ministry of Health on Wednesday announced 14 new COVID-19 confirmed cases, eventually bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Horn of Africa nation to 135.
The Djiboutian Ministry of Health, in a statement issued on Wednesday, disclosed that from the total of 427 people who were tested for the novel coronavirus over the last 24 hours some 14 people were tested positive.
According to the ministry, some 25 people who have been tested positive for COVID-19 have so far recovered from the virus since the Red Sea nation confirmed its first case of COVID-19 on March 18.
Djibouti has not yet reported its first COVID-19 inflicted death.
Djibouti, which lies on a key location connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, hosts a number of foreign military bases and is the main sea outlet for landlocked Ethiopia.
