A poster showing healthy procedures to help curb the spread of the coronavirus hangs at a barber shop in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (AFP)
Saudi Arabia’s health ministry reported 621 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, making the total number of cases 327,551. The ministry also recorded 982 new recoveries.
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The city of Mecca recorded 88 cases, Jeddah had 58 cases and Riyadh had 41 confirmed COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours.
The death toll stood at 4,369 after 31 new fatalities were recorded, according to the Kingdom’s health ministry.
#الصحة تعلن عن تسجيل (621) حالة إصابة جديدة بفيروس #كورونا الجديد (كوفيد19)، وتسجيل (31) حالات وفيات رحمهم الله، وتسجيل (982) حالة تعافي ليصبح إجمالي عدد الحالات المتعافية (306,004) حالة ولله الحمد. pic.twitter.com/2jdOpFovPy
— و ز ا ر ة ا لـ صـ حـ ة السعودية (@SaudiMOH) September 16, 2020
Meanwhile, the total number of recoveries was 306,004. There are 17,178 active cases.
The Kingdom confirmed its first COVID-19 cases on March 2 via a Saudi Arabian national returning from Iran.
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