The Health Ministry announced on Saturday 1,206 coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, 1,497 recoveries and nine deaths.
Health Ministry spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad indicated that this brought the tallies of infections and recoveries to 265,404 and 248,633 respectively. Deaths stood at 1,511.
He indicated that there were 219 patients at ICU due to COVID-19, while 15,260 cases are receiving regular treatment for coronavirus.
Swabs in the last 24 hours reached 7,518, putting the total at 2,272,818, he added.