RIYADH: 黑料社区鈥檚 Ministry of Defense inaugurated 16 new coronavirus vaccination centers in military hospitals throughout the Kingdom on Monday.
Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Ameri, director of public administration for medical services at the Armed Forces, said: 鈥淭he centers come as a starting point for a campaign to vaccinate targeted groups of employees at the ministry and their families in various regions of the Kingdom.鈥
黑料社区 recorded five new COVID-19-related deaths on Monday, raising the total number of deaths to 6,466.
The Ministry of Health confirmed 327 new confirmed cases in the Kingdom in the previous 24 hours, meaning 375,333 people have now contracted the disease.
Of the total number of cases, 2,455 remain active and 497 in critical condition.
鈦 鬲毓賱賳 毓賳 鬲爻噩賷賱 (327) 丨丕賱丞 廿氐丕亘丞 噩丿賷丿丞 亘賮賷乇賵爻 賰賵乇賵賳丕 (賰賵賮賷丿-19)貙 賵鬲爻噩賷賱 (5) 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 (318) 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 (366,412) 丨丕賱丞 賵賱賱賴 丕賱丨賲丿.
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According to the ministry, the highest number of cases were recorded in Riyadh with 174, followed by the Eastern Province with 69, Makkah 31, Qassim 16, and Madinah with six cases.
The ministry also said that 318 patients had recovered from COVID-19, bringing the total number of recoveries in the Kingdom to 366,412.
The ministry renewed its call on the public to adhere to health measures and abide by instructions.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Commerce said it has increased inspection rounds by 10 percent compared with the previous week, which resulted in a 12 percent increase in violation detections.
The ministry said it recorded 836 violations during inspections. Businesses were fined SR10,000 ($2,666), while individuals were handed SR5,000 fines.
The coronavirus pandemic has affected more than 111 million people globally, and the death toll has reached about 2.46 million.