Saudi Gazette report

RIYADH — The confirmed cases of coronavirus in Saudi Arabia reached 2,523 in the last 24 hours as the death toll rose to 38, the Ministry of Health announced on Monday.

Ministry of Health spokesman Dr. Muhammad Al-Abdel Ali told a press conference here that out of 2,523 infected cases in the Kingdom, 1,934 are active and 551 recoveries, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) quoted him as saying.

The ministry on Sunday said that out of the total confirmed cases, 47 percent are of Saudi patients while 53 percent are of non-citizens.

While there has been a decrease in people’s mobility in general in Saudi Arabia, the health ministry spokesman said, the rate of mobility related to recreation and shopping is worrying.

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman on Sunday issued directives to the foreign minister to work on procedures that will allow Saudi citizens to return to the Kingdom following the suspension of flights around the world amid the coronavirus outbreak.