New COVID-19 infections in Saudi Arabia stay above 1,000-mark

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RIYADH — New COVID-19 cases in Saudi Arabia stayed above the 1,000-mark on Thursday with 1002 new infections recorded over the past 24 hours.

COVID-19 cases in the Kingdom had been fluctuating between the 700-mark and 1000 during the past weeks.

According to a statement from the Ministry of Health, 1 person 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 789,296 and the virus-related fatalities to 9,195.

According to the ministry, a total of 1059 people recovered over the past 24 hours, raising the total number of people free from the deadly virus to 770,077.

Among the active cases 149 of them were in critical condition.

The total number of COVID-19 vaccination doses administered across the Kingdom reached 66.700,629 million.