RIYADH: Saudi Arabia announced 14 deaths from COVID-19 and 1,043 new infections on Wednesday.

Of the new cases, 214 were recorded in Makkah, 192 in Riyadh, 169 in the Eastern Province, 126 in Asir, 92 in Jazan, 65 in Madinah, 43 in Hail, 39 in Najran, 19 in Tabuk, 18 in the Northern Borders region, 16 in Al-Baha, and 11 in Al-Jouf.

The total number of recoveries in the Kingdom increased to 511,318 after 1,211 more patients recovered from the virus.

A total of 8,284 people have succumbed to the virus in the Kingdom so far.

Over 28.3 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine have been administered in the Kingdom to date.