Health Ministry: Active Cases Decrease to less than 10,000

Saudi Press Agency

Monday 1442/2/18 - 2020/10/05

Riyadh, Oct 5, 2020, SPA -- The Ministry of Health announced in a statement here today that 379 new confirmed cases of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been reported, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, bringing the total number to 336,766 cases, including 9,813 active cases undergoing treatment.

Of these, there are 938 critical cases, while the health condition of the rest is stable.

It added that 23 new deaths have been reported; putting the tally of fatalities, at 4,898.

Meanwhile, as many as 570 cases have recovered, raising recoveries' toll to 322,055.

On the other hand, 47,129 new laboratory tests were conducted, in the last 24-hour.

--SPA
16:58 LOCAL TIME 13:58 GMT
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