ADDIS ABABA, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia registered 159 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 274,346 as of Monday evening, according to the country's Ministry of Health.
The ministry said eight new deaths and 443 more recoveries were reported, bringing the national counts to 4,250 and 251,107 respectively.
Ethiopia, Africa's second-most populous nation, has so far reported the largest 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 countries hardest hit by COVID-19 in Africa, following South Africa, Morocco and Tunisia. Enditem