COVID-19 Situation Report: 14 March 2021

Abstract

Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) update: 14 March 2021. Ethiopia: Ethiopia has reported 1,413 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours giving a total 175,467 confirmed cases as of 14 March 2021. A total of 2,550 deaths have been reported since the beginning of the outbreak with a Case Fatality Rate is 1.45%. Majority of the cases (137,963) have been reported by Addis Ababa and Oromia regions constituting 78.6% 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: 4,036,415 confirmed cases; 3,623,392 recoveries and 107,822 deaths. Global: 304,389,323 confirmed cases; 119,222,995 confirmed cases; 67,563,894 recoveries and 2,644,461 deaths.