LONDON: Saudi Arabia announced 17 deaths from COVID-19 and 436 new infections on Friday.
Of the new cases, 69 were recorded in Riyadh, 68 in Madinah, 32 in Makkah, 25 in Yanbu, 14 in Hufof, 11 in Jeddah and 8 in Dammam.
The total number of recoveries in the Kingdom increased to 336,533 after 465 more patients recovered from the virus.
A total of 5,506 people have succumbed to the virus in the Kingdom so far.