
Arab News
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s health ministry announced 10 deaths from COVID-19 and 1,701 new cases of the disease on Friday.
Of the new cases, 373 were recorded in Jeddah, 308 in Madinah, 246 in Makkah, 142 in Riyadh and 130 in Dammam.
The ministry added that of the new cases, 22 percent of patients were Saudi citizens whilst 78 percent were not.
The health ministry also announced that 1,322 patients had recovered from the virus, bringing the total number of recoveries in the Kingdom to 9,120.
A total of 229 people have died in the Kingdom so far.