Saudi Gazette report

RIYADH — New COVID-19 cases in Saudi Arabia dropped below the 200-mark on Saturday, with 160 new infections recorded over the past 24 hours.

New COVID-19 cases in the Kingdom were fluctuating between 60 and 300 during the past weeks.

According to a statement from the Ministry of Health, 2 persons has died due to complications caused by the virus over the past 24 hours.

This brings the total number of confirmed infections in the Kingdom to 821,937 and the total number of the virus-related fatalities to 9,405.

According to the ministry, a total of 148 people recovered over the past 24 hours, raising the total number of people free from the deadly virus to 807,967.

Among the active cases 85 of them were in critical condition.