Saudi Arabia records 999 new COVID-19 cases, 13 deaths

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday reported 999 new COVID-19 cases, 1,286 recoveries and 13 deaths over 24 hours, the Kingdom’s Ministry of Health announced.

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The majority of the new infections were recorded in Riyadh and Mecca, accounting for 352 and 260 cases respectively.

The Kingdom’s active cases rose to 9,169-- 1,358 of which are critical and total recorded cases since the beginning of the pandemic increased to 428,369.

Saudi’s COVID-19 death toll now sits at 7,098 and total recorded recoveries mounted to 412,102.

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