Sunday May 31, 2020
ADDIS ABABA, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Djibouti's Ministry of Health on Saturday announced 280 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Horn of Africa nation to 3,194 as of Saturday afternoon.
The Djibouti Ministry of Health in a statement issued on Saturday said that from a total of 1,109 people who were tested for COVID-19, some 280 of them were tested positive for the virus.
The ministry also announced that some 1,286 people who have been infected with the COVID-19 have recovered as of Saturday afternoon.
The Horn of Africa nation also on Saturday reported two new deaths due to illnesses related to COVID-19, eventually bringing the total number of deaths from the virus to 22.
Djibouti reported its first COVID-19 case on March 18 and has so far conducted a total of 26,366 COVID-19 tests, according to the ministry.