RIYADH: Saudi Arabia announced 11 deaths from COVID-19 and 1,247 new infections on Friday.


Of the new cases, 263 were recorded in Riyadh, 211 in the Eastern Province, 209 in Makkah, 157 in Asir, 90 in Jazan, 68 in Madinah, 55 in Hail, 51 in Najran, 24 in the Northern Borders region, 21 in Al-Baha, 19 in Tabuk, and six in Al-Jouf.

The total number of recoveries in the Kingdom increased to 496,810 after 1,160 more patients recovered from the virus.

A total of 8,141 people have succumbed to the virus in the Kingdom so far.

Over 23.7 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine have been administered in the Kingdom to date.

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