ADDIS ABABA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia registered 419 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 265,832 as of Saturday evening, the country's Ministry of Health said.
Meanwhile, 12 new deaths from COVID-19 were reported, bringing the national death toll to 3,976, the ministry said.
The East African country reported 1,496 more recoveries, taking the national count to 218,866.
Ethiopia, Africa's second-most populous nation, has so far reported the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the East Africa region.
Figures from the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that Ethiopia's COVID-19 cases accounted for about 6 percent of Africa's total.
Ethiopia is among the hardest hit countries by the pandemic in Africa, after South Africa, Morocco and Tunisia. Enditem
