New daily COVID-19 infections drops below 1,000 in Saudi Arabia

LONDON: Saudi Arabia announced 27 deaths from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and a drop in new infections with less than 1,000 daily infections recorded on Saturday.

The ministry said 987 people were infected with COVID-19 since Friday, which means the total number of infections stands at 313,911.

A further 1,038 more people recovered from the virus, which takes the total number of recoveries to 288,441.

A total of 3,840 people have succumbed to the virus in the Kingdom so far.