COVID-19 Situation Report: 01 March 2021

Abstract

Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) update: 01 March 2021. Ethiopia: Ethiopia has reported 900 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours giving a total 159,972 confirmed cases as of 01 Feb 2021. A total of 2,373 deaths have been reported since the beginning of the outbreak with a Case Fatality Rate is 1.48%. Majority of the cases (123,781) have been reported by Addis Ababa and Oromia regions constituting 77.4% of the national tally. However, there is high uncertainty in Tigray region given that no surveillance activities have been carried out since 4 November 2020 and considering that there were hundreds of active cases by the start of the military operation in the area. Africa: 3,905,936 confirmed cases; 3,484,646 recovered and 104,012 deaths. Global: 113,820,168 confirmed cases; 63,590,371 recoveries and 2,527,891 deaths.