Dr. Fawziya Abikar, Somalia’s Minister of Health, announced that 71 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the country.
Consequently, the health minister announced that the tally of COVID-19 patients in the country has increased to 1,573.
Somalia’s tally is one of the highest in the Horn of Africa region.
Dr. Abikar confirmed that the new cases were all confirmed in the last 24 hours together with two COVID-19 deaths that push the fatalities to 61.
While addressing her daily press conference, Dr. Abikar also urged Somalis to rush to the nearest clinic if they display symptoms associated with the virulent disease.