RIYADH: Saudi Arabia announced five deaths from COVID-19 and 174 new infections on Friday.
Of the new cases, 55 were recorded in Riyadh, 31 in Makkah, 19 in the Eastern Province, 12 in Madinah, 11 in Jazan, 11 in Asir, seven in Najran, four in Tabuk, four in Al-Jouf, three in the Northern Borders region, three in Hail and two in Al-Baha.
The total number of recoveries in the Kingdom increased to 533,632 after 202 more patients recovered from the virus.
A total of 8,565 people have succumbed to the virus in the Kingdom so far.
Over 37.5 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine have been administered in the Kingdom to date.
