RIYADH: Saudi Arabia announced seven deaths from COVID-19 and 88 new infections on Wednesday.

Of the new cases, 22 were recorded in Riyadh, 18 in Makkah, nine in Madinah, nine in the Eastern Province, six in Jazan, five in Asir, four in Najran, two in Al-Jouf, two in Hail, two in Tabuk, two in the Northern Borders region, and one in Al-Baha.

The total number of recoveries in the Kingdom increased to 535,260 after 70 more patients recovered from the virus.

A total of 8,640 people have succumbed to the virus in the Kingdom so far.

Over 40 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine have been administered in the Kingdom to date.