News in Brief
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s confirmed coronavirus cases climbed by 687 as related deaths rose by 24 over the past day, the health ministry said on Friday.
The death toll now stands at 4,213 as confirmed cases hit 324,407, according to ministry data, which showed the number of recoveries having risen by 935 to 309,933. (KUNA)
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CAIRO: Egypt has reported 17 new coronavirus fatalities, raising the death toll up to 5,607, the Ministry of Hea l th announced Friday.
Moreover, 151 people were diagnosed with the deadly disease in the past 24 hours, pushing the toll up to 100,708, the ministry’s spokesman Kha led Megahed said in his daily coronavirus press update.
Megahed stated that 876 COVID19 patients recovered today, increasing the number of recoveries to 82,473. (KUNA)
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DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates said on Friday coronavirus cases increased by 931 to 77,842.
No fatalities were registered as the death toll remains unchanged at 398, state news agency, WAM, quoted health authorities as saying.
Meanwhile, some 517 people were cured from the virus, raising the total recoveries to 68,462. (KUNA)
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MANAMA: Two patients who suffered from the novel coronavirus died and 210 people got infected with the germ, COVID-19, during the past hours, the local ministry of health said in a statement on Saturday.
The ministry satatement said whole number of recoveries stood at 52,776 after recording 292 such cases, while the count of the existing cases stood at 5,853. (KUNA)
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DOHA: Qatar declared on Saturday recording 236 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) during the past hours.
Qatari Ministry of Health said in a statement that tally of contaminations with the contagious germ amounted to 121,523, adding that all these patients had been sequestered.
It also reported 276 new recovery cases with the whole number of the recuperated patients standing at 118,475. (KUNA)
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BAGHDAD: Iraq’s coronavirus deaths increased by 67 as the total confirmed cases rose by 4,254, the health ministry said on Friday.
This brings the caseload across all provinces, including Kurdistan, to 282,672 and the death toll to 7,881.
On the other hand, a total 217,396 people have been cured of the virus based on official figures. (KUNA)
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RAMALLAH:
Palestinian health authorities said on Friday confirmed daily coronavirus cases increased by 652.
This brings the caseload across the Palestinian territories to 37,866 as the virus-induced death toll increased by eight to 232, the health ministry said in a statement. (KUNA)
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BEIRUT: Lebanon confirmed 560 new coronavirus cases and seven more deaths throughout the last 24 hours, Ministry of Public Health on Thursday.
In its daily report, the ministry added total infections in the country reached 22,437 cases, and the death toll from the virus reached 219, while the total number of recoveries have reached 7,312. (KUNA)
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ALGIERS: Algeria’s Ministry of Health announced on Friday that eight persons died of complications related to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) over the past 24 hours while 264 others tested positive for the illness.
The figures took the death toll to 1,599 and the caseload to 47,752, spokesman of the ministry’s coronavirus taskforce Dr Djamel Fourar said in his daily presser. (KUNA)
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AMMAN: Jordan on Friday reported the highest daily rate of coronavirus infections since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country, registering 206, bringing the total to 2,945.
Some 136 of today’s infections were registered in Amman, while the rest of the cases were recorded in five governorates, said a joint statement by the government and the ministry of health.
One person died of the virus in the last 24 hours, taking the overall to 21, it added.
It confirmed 103 recoveries, noting that health authorities conducted about 18,000 tests in 24 hours, taking the overall since the outbreak of the pandemic to 959,000. (KUNA)
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TUNIS: Tunisia, on Friday, reported 377 coronavirus infections during the last 24 hours.
In a statement, the health ministry affirmed that the total number of infections in the country climbed to 6,259, 1,956 of which recovered from the disease.
The ministry said that the virus death toll settled at 103. (KUNA) ❑ ❑ ❑ RABAT: The Moroccan Ministry of Health said on Friday that some 33 patients succumbed to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 2,430 people tested positive in the past 24 hours.
The numbers pushed the overall fatalities and infections up to 1,524 and 82,197 respectively, the ministry added in the daily press statement.
It noted that 2,344 people were cured in the last 24 hours, raising the total recoveries to 64,194, with a percent of 78.1. (KUNA)
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ADEN: The Yemeni health authorities, on Friday, announced four coronavirus infections.
In a statement, the higher national committee to fight COVID-19 said that the virus death toll surged to at 582 after reporting two fatalities and the infections climbed to 2,007.
Up to 1,211 people recovered from the virus in the country since the outbreak of the virus. (KUNA)
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ISTANBUL: The governor of Istanbul has banned boating companies from hosting weddings and similar gatherings as part of new measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 in Turkey’s most populous city.
The governor’s office also reintroduced a ban on concerts and festivals in open spaces. (AP)