New COVID-19 cases in Saudi Arabia jump to highest in over 4 months

By A Robin - June 10, 2022

COVID-19 cases in Saudi Arabia

New COVID-19 cases in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday went above the 1,000-mark for the first time since Feb. 20, 2022, with 1,029 new infections recorded over the past 24 hours.

New COVID cases in the Kingdom have been fluctuating around the 500-mark, before rising above the 600-mark recently.

According to a statement from the Ministry of Health, 3 more people died due to complications caused by the virus over the past 24 hours.

This brings the total number of confirmed infections in the Kingdom to 774,250 and the virus-related fatalities to 9,163.

According to the ministry, a total of 616 people recovered over the past 24 hours, raising the total number of people free from the deadly virus to 75,6871.

Among the active cases 92 of them were in critical condition.

The total number of COVID-19 vaccination doses administered across the Kingdom reached 66.223,558 million.