Saudi Arabia announces 14 more deaths from COVID-19

An aerial view shows a deserted highway due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on the first day of the Eid Al-Fitr feast marking the end of Ramadan in Riyadh, on May 24, 2020. (AFP)

• Saudi Arabia announced 14 more deaths from COVID-19 and 1,815 new cases
• 739 were recorded in Riyadh, 325 in Jeddah and 162 in Makkah

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia announced 14 more deaths from COVID-19 and 1,815 new cases of the disease on Wednesday. 

Of the new cases, 739 were recorded in Riyadh, 325 in Jeddah, 162 in Makkah, 118 in Hufof and 74 in Dammam. 

The health ministry also announced that 2,572 more patients had recovered from the coronavirus, bringing the total number of people who have recovered in the Kingdom to 51,022.

A total of 425 people have died from COVID-19 in the Kingdom so far.