May 16: Cases pass 300 mark

Total confirmed cases = 306 (new cases = 19)

Total recoveries = 113 (new recoveries = 1)

Total deaths = 5

Active cases = 189

Tests within 24-hours = 4,044

Total tests = 53,029

As of May 9, Ethiopia had recorded 210 cases, it means that it took a week for the next 100 cases to be registered.

Number of cases (new cases)

May 8th = 194 (16)

May 9th = 210 (29)

May 10th = 239 (11)

May 11th = 250 (11)

May 12th = 261 (2)

May 13th = 263 (9)

May 14th = 272 (15)

May 15th = 287 (19)

May 16th = 306

May 15: 287 cases, returnees hit 10,000 – UN says

Total confirmed cases = 287 (new cases = 15)

Total recoveries = 112 (new recoveries = 4)

Total deaths = 5

Active cases = 168

All the new cases involve men.

IOM report by BBC

May 14: 272 cases, record for one-day testing

Total confirmed cases = 272 (new cases = 9)

Total recoveries = 108

Total deaths = 5

Active cases = 157

Tests over 24-hours = 3,580

Total tests so far = 45,278

All nine cases are Ethiopians, five male and four female.

May 10: 239 cases, Abiy appreciates US support

Sunday May 10 new cases were 29 raising the total national tally to 239.

May 7: Tigray’s first cases takes tally to 191

Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region recorded four cases of COVID-19, the first in the region.