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Djibouti’s COVID-19 cases surge to 1,828 as 210 new cases confirmed
1 Djibouti‘s Ministry of Health on Wednesday announced 210 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Horn of Africa nation to 1,828.
2 The Djiboutian Ministry of Health disclosed in a statement that from a total of 1,123 people who were tested over the last 24 hours, 210 were tested positive for the virus.
3 The ministry also announced that some 1,052 people who have been infected with the COVID-19 have recovered as of the stated period.
4 Djibouti has so far conducted a total of about 20,056 COVID-19 tests, according to the Djibouti Ministry of Health, which has reported nine COVID-19 deaths.
5 Djibouti reported its first COVID-19 case on March 18.
6 The Red Sea nation, which lies on a key location connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, hosts a number of foreign military bases.
7 (XINHUA)
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