RIYADH: Saudi Arabia announced nine deaths from COVID-19 and 904 new infections on Friday.
Of the new cases, 401 were recorded in Riyadh, 169 in Makkah, 143 in the the Eastern Province, 39 in Asir, 25 in Madinah, 25 in Hail, 22 in Jazan, 19 in Tabuk, 12 in Najran, 10 in the Northern Borders region and nine in Al-Jouf.
The total number of recoveries in the Kingdom increased to 382,198 after 540 more patients recovered from the virus.
A total of 6,737 people have succumbed to the virus in the Kingdom so far.
Over 5.9 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Saudi Arabia to date.
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Saudi Arabia announces nine more COVID-19 deaths
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Saudi Arabia announces nine more COVID-19 deaths
- The total number of recoveries in the Kingdom has increased to 382,198
- A total of 6,737 people have succumbed to the virus in the Kingdom so far
Saudi leadership sends cables of condolences after passing of former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia
- Zia died at the age of 80 after a prolonged illness
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Thursday sent a cable of condolences to the President of Bangladesh Mohammed Shahabuddin after the passing of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on Tuesday.
The king prayed that God have mercy on Zia, forgive her sins, and admit her into paradise. He extended his condolences to the family of the deceased.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent a similar cable.
On Wednesday, huge crowds had flocked to the area outside Bangladesh’s national parliament building in the capital to attend the funeral prayers for Zia, who died at the age of 80 after a prolonged illness.
Zia was buried in late afternoon with state honors beside the grave of her husband, a former president who was assassinated in a military coup in 1981, in a park outside the parliament building later Wednesday.
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