In Saudi Arabia a day revealed more than a thousand cases of coronavirus

DOHA, 18 Jul – RIA Novosti. A record number of cases of coronavirus identified per day in Saudi Arabia – more than a thousand people, the total number of cases of infection has exceeded 8.2 thousand, the official representative of the Ministry of health of the Kingdom Mohammed al-Abdel Ali.

“a day in the Kingdom of the coronavirus was diagnosed in 1132 people, from complications related to a coronavirus, has died five people, including one Saudi citizen at the age of 34 years and four foreigners aged 45 to 80 years. Thus, the total number who died from the coronavirus was 92 people. While fully recovered from the virus 1329 people,” said al-Abdel Ali at a press conference, which was broadcast on the TV channel Al-Ekhbariya.

According to the representative of the Ministry, special teams continue disinfection in premises where there are foreign workers, among whom there are many reported cases of the disease.

In turn, the representative of the interior Ministry of Saudi Arabia stated that, based on the situation in the country, need to take more drastic measures to counteract the spread of mers in connection with what authorities ordered Saturday to isolate the two districts in the province of al-Ahsa in the East of the country and to launch a 24-hour curfew. Informed round-the-clock curfew was imposed in many major cities of the Kingdom including the capital Riyadh.

in turn, In neighbouring Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the number of cases of coronavirus in the past day amounted to 345 people, the total number of cases of coronavirus, has exceeded 5 thousand, said the Ministry of health on Twitter. “A heart attack, one person died, the Qatari citizen at the age of 59 years who had identified the coronavirus, the total number of deaths amounted to eight people. Most cases were among the foreign workers who were isolated after contact with already sick people. Since the start of the pandemic cured 510 people”, – stated in the message.

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