Saudi Arabia reports 70 new COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths

Saudi Arabia announced five deaths from COVID-19 and 70 new infections on Sunday. (File/SPA)

• The total number of recoveries in the Kingdom has increased to 535,531
• A total of 8,661 people have succumbed to the virus in the Kingdom so far

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia recorded 70 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 546,549, the Ministry of Health said. Of the new cases, 21 were in the Riyadh region, 19 in Makkah and seven in the Eastern Province. Hail, Baha, Jouf, Tabuk were the regions with the lowest case count, posting just one each.
There were 81 new recoveries, bringing the total to 535,531 since the start of the pandemic.
With the high recovery rate, the number of active cases has declined to 2,357, with 343 patients in critical care.
Five people have died in the past 24 hours, raising the total number of deaths to 8,661.
Nearly 41 million doses of the vaccine have been administered in the Kingdom at a rate of 192,325 a day. At this rate, Saudi Arabia is anticipated to have 70 percent of people fully vaccinated by Nov. 3.
Meanwhile, Saudi authorities continued their monitoring campaigns to ensure compliance with the precautionary measures imposed to stem the spread of COVID-19.
They recorded 26,050 violations of the regulations in one week, according to recent statistics from the Ministry of Interior.