JEDDAH: Over 300 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection were recorded in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, with numbers of confirmed cases continuing to remain below 500 for over 6 weeks.

Overall, there have been 352,160 confirmed cases since the beginning of the pandemic in March.

Of these, 40 percent were female and 60 percent male. Children made up 12 percent of Thursday’s cases, while adults comprised 84 percent and the elderly, 4 percent.

Riyadh recorded the highest confirmed infections at 55, while Madinah registered 46 and Jeddah 23 new confirmed cases only.

The Ministry of Health announced 412 new recoveries, raising the total number of those recovered from the disease to 339,114. The Kingdom’s current recovery rate is at 96.29 percent.

There are currently 7,441 active cases, 798 of which are seeking critical care.

Fifteen new fatalities were recorded, raising the total number of those who have succumbed to COVID-19 to 5,605.

As Saudi Arabia continues to monitor and implement means to curb the spread of the virus, 50,851 polymerase chain reaction tests have been conducted in the past 24 hours, raising the total number of tests to over 8.7 million.