JEDDAH: The Saudi Ministry of Health announced on Sunday that the number of critical COVID-19 cases in 黑料社区 has fallen by 7.6 percent.
There are 955 cases in critical condition in the Kingdom, with 10,027 active cases receiving medical care. On Sunday, there were 390 new confirmed cases, bringing total confirmed cases over the course of the pandemic to 336,387 in the Kingdom.
鈦 鬲毓賱賳 毓賳 鬲爻噩賷賱 (390) 丨丕賱丞 廿氐丕亘丞 噩丿賷丿丞 亘賮賷乇賵爻 鈦р仼 丕賱噩丿賷丿 (賰賵賮賷丿19)貙 賵鬲爻噩賷賱 (25) 丨丕賱丕鬲 賵賮賷丕鬲 乇丨賲賴賲 丕賱賱賴貙 賵鬲爻噩賷賱 (511) 丨丕賱丞 鬲毓丕賮賷 賱賷氐亘丨 廿噩賲丕賱賷 毓丿丿 丕賱丨丕賱丕鬲 丕賱賲鬲毓丕賮賷丞 (321,485) 丨丕賱丞 賵賱賱賴 丕賱丨賲丿.
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A further 511 patients recovered from the disease, bringing total recoveries to 321,485. The death toll reached 4,875 with 25 new deaths on Sunday.
As Makkah鈥檚 Grand Mosque opened its doors to Umrah pilgrims, Saudi Ministry of Health spokesman Dr. Mohammed Al-Abd Al-Aly advised pilgrims to take seasonal illness vaccines, especially for flu.
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336,387 Total cases
321,485 Recoveries
4,875 Deaths
Flu vaccinations are offered in the Kingdom鈥檚 health centers, and are safe for everyone except for people with egg allergies and babies under six months.
Al-Aly also urged pilgrims to avoid sharing personal belongings with others and to commit to precautionary measures.
At Sunday鈥檚 press conference, he said the average COVID-19 recovery period is 13 days, three of which are free from symptoms. This is why a two week period is necessary to complete a full recovery, he added.
He said that people who have recovered from COVID-19 must still follow preventive measures because they can still suffer from complications and transmit the virus. Al-Aly also addressed concerns over a number of cases resulting from Saudi National Day celebrations. 鈥淭hankfully there weren鈥檛 many cases and they had no effect on the curve,鈥 he said.
The Health Ministry has conducted 6,678,019 polymerase chain reaction tests since the pandemic began, with 39,340 completed in the last 24 hours.
