LONDON: Saudi Arabia announced four deaths from COVID-19 and 270 new infections on Saturday.

Of the new cases, 105 were recorded in Riyadh, 66 in the Eastern Province, 40 in Makkah, 16 in Madinah, 9 in Asir, three in Najran and one in Jazan.

The total number of recoveries in the Kingdom increased to 359,299 after 293 more patients recovered from the virus.

A total of 6,372 people have succumbed to the virus in the Kingdom so far.