• Death toll rises to 55 with 39 patients in critical condition, says health official
• Four out of the eight deaths were tested post-mortem for coronavirus

Ethiopia reached a grim milestone Saturday as health officials announced the country has surpassed 3,000 confirmed coronavirus infections.

According to the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH), the country has reported 268 new coronavirus cases and 8 deaths over the last twenty-four hours, raising the total numbers of confirmed cases to 3,166 and death toll to 55.

All of the people confirmed for COVID-19 are Ethiopians, except one foreign national. Among the cases, 232 of them are identified from Addis Ababa, 12 from the Oromia region, 6 from Tigray Region, 8 from the Amhara region, 2 from the Afar region, 5 from the Harari region, 2 from SNNPR region and 1 from the Benshangul region.

Eight Covid-19-linked deaths were registered in the past 24 hours. Among the dead is a 34-year-old female from Addis Ababa who was in the treatment center and a 90-year-old from Addis Ababa who diagnosed with COVID-19 post-mortem. Four out of the eight deaths were tested post-mortem for coronavirus.

Image: part of coronavirus pandemic precautions in Addis Ababa on April 3, 2020.( Minasse Wondimu Hailu – Anadolu Agency).