JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia recorded 362 new coronavirus cases on Monday.

With the new cases, the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Kingdom has risen to 353,918 since the outbreak of the pandemic.

The ministry also reported 436 new recoveries over the past 24 hours, raising the total number of people free from the deadly virus to 341,104.

Sixteen more patients died of virus-related complications. The virus death toll has now reached 5,692. The number of active cases in the Kingdom is 7,122.

According to the ministry, 59,792 polymerase reaction tests were conducted across the Kingdom during the last 24 hours.

The ministry urged anyone displaying possible symptoms of coronavirus disease to visit one of its Tetamman (Rest Assured) clinics to be tested for the virus.

There are about 235 of the clinics are across the country, and appointments for tests can be booked through the Sehaty app.

However, patients can also visit the clinics without appointments if they think they might be infected and are displaying symptoms such as high temperature, shortness of breath, chest pain, cough, sore throat, diarrhea, or loss of sense of smell and taste.

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