Coronavirus deaths, infections down in Saudi Arabia, recoveries increase

RIYADH – Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health recorded 263 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday in the past 24 hours, marking a slight increase after reporting record cases earlier this week.

The Kingdom recorded 217 and 220 cases on Sunday and Saturday respectively, the lowest number in a single day in more than eight months since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

The ministry also reported another 11 deaths in the past 24 hours, marking the lowest number of virus-related deaths in a single day in more than eight months since the coronavirus outbreak in the Kingdom.

This brings the total number of confirmed infections in the Kingdom to 357,623 and deaths to 5,907.

The ministry also reported 374 new recoveries in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of people free of the deadly virus to 347,176 with a recovery rate rising to 97.07%.

Among the new cases, the Riyadh region recorded the highest number of cases with 62, followed by the Mecca region with 52, Madinah with 41 and the eastern region with 40 cases.

The remaining cases were detected in several cities and governorates across the Kingdom.

With the steady decline in the number of daily cases and the peak of recoveries, active cases in the Kingdom also dropped significantly with 4,540 reported on Sunday and, out of the total, 649 were critical cases.