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Abu Dhabi: Another 1,383 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the Saudi Arabia, pushing the total number of COVID-19 infections to 295,902, the Ministry of Health announced on Friday.
Thirty-five more deaths from the virus have been also confirmed, taking the Kingdom’s death toll to 3,338.
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The number of active coronavirus cases in the Kingdom has gone down to 29,605, out of which 1,782 are critical.
Eighty-one people in Mecca tested positive for the coronavirus, while 77 people tested positive in Hail, and 69 others tested positive in Jeddah, according to the ministry.
The other new cases were detected in cities and provinces across Saudi Arabia.
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