ADDIS ABABA, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia registered 1,851 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 225,516 as of Friday evening, the country's Ministry of Health said.
Meanwhile, 33 new COVID-19-related deaths were reported across the country, bringing the national death toll to 3,111, said the ministry.
The East African country reported 1,193 more recoveries, taking the national count to 167,945.
According to the ministry, Ethiopia currently has 54,458 active COVID-19 cases, of which 895 are under severe health conditions.
The latest figures from the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that Ethiopia's COVID-19 cases accounted for about 5 percent of the African continent's total.
The East African nation has so far conducted 2,430,217 COVID-19 medical tests, the ministry said.
Ethiopia, Africa's second most populous nation, is one of the countries hit the hardest by COVID-19 in Africa, next to South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt. Enditem
