11 fresh MERS cases in Kingdom in November

Members of the Health Department in Al-Dawadmi, Riyadh region, offer advice to a child during an awareness campaign and prevention on MERS coronavirus in this August 2016 file photo. (SPA)

JEDDAH: Eleven new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in the Kingdom have been confirmed during the month of November, raising the total number of cases to 1,486 since 2012, Ministry of Health records show.
The figure of total MERS-CoV deaths in the Kingdom has remained at 616, while 856 have fully recovered and 14 are still under treatment.
The latest case, reported in the ministry’s MERS bulletin on Sunday, is a 59-year-old Saudi woman from the Najran region, who was listed in critical condition and confined in hospital. No other details were mentioned, except that the patient had no pre-existing illness.
On Friday, three new cases were reported, including a 29-year-old man from Alzulfi, Riyadh region; a 34-year-old man from Arar, Northern Borders region; and a 53-year-old male expatriate based in Buqayq, Eastern Province.
The other new cases were three women (from Hafr Al-Batin in the Eastern Province, Afif in Riyadh region and in Najran region) and five men from Hafr Al-Batin, Eastern Province; Al Aflaj, Riyadh; Afif, Riyadh; Tabuk region; Al-Kharj, Riyadh region and Bahrah, Makkah region). All of the other new cases were Saudis, and a 58-year-old female expat in Najran region.