Saudi Arabia records slight drop in COVID-19 daily death toll

Saudi Arabia announced on Monday a slight drop in deaths from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) from Saturday and Sunday with 27 more fatalities from the virus. (SPA)

• The total number of recoveries in the Kingdom has increased to 222,936
• A total of 2,760 people have succumbed to the virus in the Kingdom so far

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia on Monday announced a slight drop in the number of coronavirus deaths from Saturday and Sunday. With 27 new fatalities the death toll is now 2,760.

There were 1,993 new cases reported in the Kingdom, meaning 268,934 people have contracted the disease. There are 43,238 active cases, and 2,126 of these are in a critical condition.

Of the reported cases, 40 percent were female, 5 percent were elderly, 11 percent were children and 84 percent were adults.

According to the Ministry of Health, 194 of the newly recorded cases were in Al-Hafouf, while there were 186 reported in Taif and 106 in Riyadh.

There have been a further 2,613 recoveries from COVID-19, taking the total number of recoveries to 222,936.

Saudi Arabia has so far conducted more than 3.1 million tests for COVID-19.