Saudi Gazette report

RIYADH — Single-day coronavirus cases in Saudi Arabia rose to 590 on Thursday, marking a steady increase over the last few days, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health.

The health ministry announced seven more deaths from complications caused by COVID-19 over the past 24 hours.

This brings the total number of confirmed infections in the Kingdom to 390,597 and the virus-related fatalities to 6,676.

The ministry also reported 386 recoveries over the past 24 hours, raising the total number of people free from the deadly virus to 378,46.

The Riyadh region recorded 238 new cases followed by the Eastern region with 111 and the Makkah region with 84 new infections.

The remaining cases were detected in other regions of the Kingdom with only three of them reporting less than 10 infections.

According to the ministry, there were 5,452 active cases and 699 of them were in critical condition.