2 COVID-19 also causes persistent symptoms that can impact the quality of life of survivors.
This pandemic has affected 223 countries, with over 118, 278, 711 reported cases and 2, 624, 426 deaths worldwide.
4 Of these, North America (34,228,219 cases and 781,745 deaths), Europe (35,456,449 cases and 843,039 deaths), Asia (25,748,391 cases and 406,251 deaths), and South America (18,779,624 cases and 485,659 deaths) have higher rates than Africa (4,013,352 cases and 106,623 deaths) and Oceania (4,013,352 cases and 106,623 deaths) (51,955 cases and 1094 deaths).
On March 13, 2020, the first COVID-19 case in Ethiopia was identified.
5,6 Since then, the number of new cases in the country has been rapidly increasing. As of March 10, 2021, the country had 168,335 COVID-19 positive cases and 2451 deaths domestically.
4 As a result, Ethiopia became one of the five African countries with the largest COVID-19 case burden.