Saudi Arabia recorded the highest number of daily COVID-19 infections since the beginning of the pandemic on Wednesday.
There were 5,362 new cases recorded from the previous 24 hours, pushing the total number of recorded cases to 593,545 so far.
Wednesday also saw a further two deaths, bringing the number of fatalities in the Kingdom to 8,899.
The total number of recoveries in Saudi Arabia increased to 552, 057, Arab News reported.
Over 52.9 million doses of coronavirus vaccine have been administered in the Kingdom to date.
