Saudi Arabia records 673 COVID-19 new cases, 7 deaths
Single-day coronavirus cases in Saudi Arabia dropped to 673 on Saturday from the high figure of 684 on Saturday, marking a dip in the number of infections in the Kingdom, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health.
The Health Ministry announced seven more deaths from complications caused by COVID-19 over the past 24 hours.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections in the Kingdom to 392,682 and the virus-related fatalities to 6,697.
The ministry also reported 504 recoveries over the past 24 hours, raising the total number of people free from the deadly virus to 379,816.
The number of infections topped 300 in the Riyadh region for the third straight day with 319 new infections recorded on Saturday.
The capital region was followed by the Makkah region with 127 cases and the Eastern region with 96 new infections.
The remaining cases were detected in other regions of the Kingdom with only four of them reporting less than 10 infections.
According to the ministry, there were 6,169 active cases and 782 of them were in critical condition.
