LONDON: Saudi Arabia announced 5 deaths from COVID-19 and 140 new infections on Saturday.

Of the new cases, 58 were recorded in Riyadh, 28 in Makkah, 26 in the Eastern Province, 9 in Asir, 6 in Madinah, 2 in Najran and 1 in Jazan.

The total number of recoveries in the Kingdom increased to 356,541 after 159 more patients recovered from the virus.

A total of 6,318 people have succumbed to the virus in the Kingdom so far.

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