RIYADH: Due to high demand, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health has announced that the vaccination center at Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Center will begin operating over 24 hours in the coming days.
The ministry encourages those who would like to take the vaccine to register through the ministry’s Sehhaty application and select a time slot.
More than 500 centers across the Kingdom have so far administered about 2.6 million vaccine doses. The vaccinations are being administered at a rate of 125,888 doses daily and the number is rising.
On Wednesday, the ministry reported 393 new cases of COVID-19, meaning 383,499 people had now contracted the disease. There were 3,553 active cases, 566 of them critical, an increase of six in the past 24 hours.
INNUMBERS
- 383,499 - Total cases
- 373,361 - Recoveries
- 6,585 - Deaths
Riyadh recorded 144 cases, the Eastern Province 80 cases and the Makkah region 70 cases. Najran recorded the least with only two cases, as relevant authorities across all regions continue enforcing safety, health and precautionary measures and intensifying field inspections on commercial establishments, monitoring violations and issuing fines accordingly.
A total of 231 new recovered cases were announced, taking the total number of recoveries to 373,361. Saudi Arabia’s recovery rate has declined to 97.35.
Seven new COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, raising the death toll to 6,585.
The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance temporarily closed 12 mosques in eight regions after 12 cases were detected among worshippers. This brings the total number of mosques temporarily shut in the past 38 days to 306 mosques, 287 of which were opened after the completion of sterilization and measures to ensure the safety of visitors.
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