Saudi Arabia records new 421 COVID-19 cases on Thursday

08/10/2020 Argaam


Saudi Arabia recorded 421 new COVID-19 cases today, Oct. 8, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 338,132, the Ministry of Health stated.

 

Recoveries reached 561, raising the total number of recovered cases to 323,769 (96% of total COVID-19 cases).

 

The Kingdom reported 25 deaths, with the death toll standing at 4,972.

 

Active cases totaled 9,391, of which 879 cases are critical.

 

Madinah reported the highest number of COVID-19 cases at 57, followed by Yanbu (38), Makkah (36), Baljurashi (31) and Riyadh (30).

 

The Kingdom conducted 48,341 new tests, bringing up the total number of tests to 6.88 million.

 

 

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