Dubai: Saudi Arabia on Friday reported 3,938 new coronavirus cases and 46 virus-related deaths over the past 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health.
This brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases and fatalities in the Kingdom to 174,577 and 1,474 respectively.
The ministry also said that a total of 2,589 more patients have completely recovered from the deadly virus, taking the total number of recoveries in the Kingdom to 120,471, which leaves 52,632 active cases under treatment.
The ministry has affirmed that the total number of critical cases across the Kingdom now stands at 2,273.
Unlike a recent trend where most cases were detected in the city of Riyadh, the ministry detected most of the new cases, 346, in the city of Dammam followed by Al Hafouf with 332, Al Mobaraz with 294 and Khamis Mushait with 274.
Jeddah has also reported 243 new cases while Al Qatif confirmed 237 and Riyadh 217 new cases.
The ministry revealed that one COVID-19 patient has died due to being infected with the deadly virus after his son returned from a Saudi city and shook hands with his family. This resulted in transmitting the virus to 16 members of his family including his father who had been suffering from a heart disease.
