Saudi Arabia announces 2,642 new coronavirus cases

Saudi Arabia has recorded another 2,642 new cases of coronavirus, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the Kingdom to 67,719, the Ministry of Health announced, Gulf News reported.

Despite an increase in daily confirmed infections, the number of recoveries continues to grow as well with 2,963 COVID-19 patients recovering fully, bringing the total number of patients recovered so far up to 39,003.

During the daily media briefing, the ministry also revealed 13 people have died from the virus in the last 24 hours, pushing the country’s total fatalities toll to 364.

Riyadh has topped Friday’s list of cities with the highest number of COVID-19 cases with 865 people testing positive for the virus while Jeddah recorded 403 cases, Mecca 289 cases, and Medina 205 cases. Dammam also reported 194 new cases followed by Ad Diriyah with 118 new cases while Al Jubail confirmed 87 cases and Qatif 77 cases.

Speaking during the daily press briefing, Health Ministry’s spokesman Dr Mohammad Al Abdel Ali noted that the total number of recoveries has outpaced the overall tally of active cases, which now stands at 28,352.

Among the newly detected cases, 73 per cent are male while the rest are female divided as follows: 11 per cent are children, 85 per cent are adults while 4 per cent are among the elderly.