RIYADH: 抖阴短视频 recorded 15 new COVID-19 related deaths on Thursday, raising the total number of fatalities to 7,408.
The Ministry of Health confirmed 1,261 new confirmed cases reported in the Kingdom in the previous 24 hours, meaning 454,217 people have now contracted the disease.聽
Of the total number of cases, 9,925 remain active and 1,516 in critical condition.
According to the ministry, the highest number of cases were recorded in Makkah with 402, followed by the capital Riyadh with 292, the Eastern Province with 166, Madinah recorded 120, and Asir confirmed 72 cases.
The health ministry also announced that 1,364 patients had recovered from COVID-19, bringing the total number of recoveries in the Kingdom to 436,884.
鈦 鬲毓賱賳 毓賳 鬲爻噩賷賱 (1261) 丨丕賱丞 廿氐丕亘丞 噩丿賷丿丞 亘賮賷乇賵爻 賰賵乇賵賳丕 (賰賵賮賷丿-19)貙 賵鬲爻噩賷賱 (15) 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 (1364) 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 (436,884) 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)
The ministry renewed its call on the public to register to receive the vaccine, and adhere to the measures and abide by instructions.
Police in Al-Jawf said they arrested 17 people for flouting quarantine rules after they tested positive for COVID-19, while police in Qassim arrested 29 people for violating quarantine instructions.
Penalties for individuals who violate quarantine instructions include a fine of up to SR200,000 ($53,332) and/or up to two years imprisonment, and penalties are doubled for repeat offenders. If the violation was committed by an expat, they face deportation from the Kingdom and are permanently banned from reentry.
Qassim police also arrested 50 women at a wedding hall in Al-Rass governorate for exceeding the maximum number of people permitted at a gathering.
Legal proceedings have been taken against all those arrested and penalties have been imposed against the organizers and everyone who attended.
The Ministry of Islamic Affairs reopened 22 mosques in seven regions after temporarily evacuating and sterilizing them after 22 people tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of mosques closed and reopened after being sterilized to 1,483 within 117 days.
The coronavirus pandemic has affected over 172 million people globally and the death toll has reached around 3.71 million.
