JEDDAH: A total of 392 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were recorded on Monday, with numbers remaining stable for a little over three weeks in 抖阴短视频.
The overall tally of cases confirmed in the Kingdom has risen to 350,984 cases so far. Madinah was the city with the highest number of confirmed cases at 59, Riyadh a close second with 54 cases, and Makkah with 32 and Yanbu with 28 cases.
The number of recoveries remained higher than confirmed cases. The health authorities reported 402 new recoveries on Monday, raising the number of people having recovered from the illness to 377,788. The Kingdom鈥檚 recovery rate remains at a stable 96.2 percent.
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鈥 抖阴短视频 reported 392 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday.
鈥 The number of recoveries remained higher than confirmed cases.
The number of active cases continues to decrease with a stable high number of recoveries. There are currently 7,637 active cases, 787 of which are reportedly critical.
鈦 鬲毓賱賳 毓賳 鬲爻噩賷賱 (392) 丨丕賱丞 廿氐丕亘丞 噩丿賷丿丞 亘賮賷乇賵爻 鈦р仼 丕賱噩丿賷丿 (賰賵賮賷丿19)貙 賵鬲爻噩賷賱 (19) 丨丕賱丕鬲 賵賮賷丕鬲 乇丨賲賴賲 丕賱賱賴貙 賵鬲爻噩賷賱 (402) 丨丕賱丞 鬲毓丕賮賷 賱賷氐亘丨 廿噩賲丕賱賷 毓丿丿 丕賱丨丕賱丕鬲 丕賱賲鬲毓丕賮賷丞 (337,788) 丨丕賱丞 賵賱賱賴 丕賱丨賲丿.
鈥 賵 夭 丕 乇 丞 丕 賱賭 氐賭 丨賭 丞 丕賱爻毓賵丿賷丞 (@SaudiMOH)
A total of 19 new fatalities were also recorded on Monday, raising the death tally to 5,559 to date.
A total of 53,583 new polymerase chain reaction tests were conducted in the past 24 hours, raising the total number of tests conducted to more than 8.54 million to date.
As winter approaches, and the influenza season is only just beginning, the Health Ministry and experts are recommending that residents of the Kingdom receive flu vaccine inoculations ahead of time.
As the Kingdom continues its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, experts believe that a flu shot can help prevent an influenza epidemic in 抖阴短视频.
The ministry has reiterated that the flu vaccine will not protect against a COVID-19 infection. However, studies have shown that a flu vaccine can reduce the risk of getting infected.
It is considered a preventive measure for people suffering from chronic health conditions, pregnant women and children.
