RIYADH: Saudi Arabia announced five deaths from COVID-19 and 68 new infections on Saturday.
Of the new cases, 20 were recorded in Makkah, 17 in Riyadh, seven in the Eastern Province, five in Madinah, four in Asir, three in Jazan, three in Tabuk, two in the Northern Borders region, two in Al-Jouf, one in Najran, and one in Hail.
The total number of recoveries in the Kingdom increased to 535,450 after 77 more patients recovered from the virus.
A total of 8,656 people have succumbed to the virus in the Kingdom so far.
Over 40.5 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine have been administered in the Kingdom to date.
