COVID-19 Situation Report: 11 March 2021

Abstract

Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) update: 11 March 2021. Ethiopia: Ethiopia has reported 1,332 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours giving a total 171,210 confirmed cases as of 11 March 2021. A total of 2,483 deaths have been reported since the beginning of the outbreak with a Case Fatality Rate is 1.45%. Majority of the cases (134,133) have been reported by Addis Ababa and Oromia regions constituting 78.3% 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: 4,005,204 confirmed cases; 3,589,067 recoveries and 107,001 deaths. Global: 300,002,228 vaccine doses; 118,058,503 confirmed cases; 66,846,942 recoveries and 2,621,046 deaths.