{"id":9639,"date":"2021-12-29T10:22:13","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T10:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/?p=9639"},"modified":"2021-12-29T10:22:13","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T10:22:13","slug":"ethiopias-covid-19-infections-top-400000-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/ethiopias-covid-19-infections-top-400000-mark","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia&#8217;s COVID-19 infections top 400,000 mark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press-Ethiopia The number of COVID-19 infections in Ethiopia surpassed the 400,000 mark on Tuesday even as the country continues its fight against the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The country&#8217;s health ministry reported 1,864 new cases from 6,262 tests conducted over the past 24 hours, bringing the country&#8217;s total number of infections to 400,560.<\/p>\n<p>The East African country is only the fourth country in Africa to surpass the 400,000 mark after South Africa, Morocco and Tunisia.<\/p>\n<p>Ethiopia also registered six new deaths, bringing its total number of virus-related fatalities to 6,904.<\/p>\n<p>The country has rolled out a nationwide vaccination drive against the virus in efforts to contain further spread.<\/p>\n<p>So far, 10,869,696 doses of vaccine have been administered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press-Ethiopia The number of COVID-19 infections in Ethiopia surpassed the 400,000 mark on Tuesday even as the country continues its fight against the pandemic. The country&#8217;s health ministry reported 1,864 new cases from 6,262 tests conducted over the past 24 hours, bringing the country&#8217;s total number of infections to 400,560. 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