Saudi Arabia records 80% COVID-19 case drop in 3-month period

Saudia Arabia has had a massive drop in daily COVID-19 cases since its highest recorded count in June, according to a Ministry of Health spokesman.

The country reported almost 5,000 confirmed cases on June 16, the most since it began recording infections on March 2. Just 756 new cases were recorded on Sunday, raising the total to 320,688.

Ministry spokesman Dr. Mohammed Al-Abd Al-Aly said the drop represented a decrease of 81.8 percent.
“According to analysis, it’s important to note that more than 85 percent of confirmed daily cases as of late appear in the adult age group, specifically among youth,” he added. “Most cases were found among men as there is a slight difference between the male and female demographic.”

There has been a 6 percent decrease in critical care patients in the past week.
There are currently 19,870 active cases and, of these, 1,457 are in critical care units. There have been 895 new recoveries, increasing the total number to 296,737.

There were 32 further fatalities recorded on Sunday, increasing the death toll to 4,081.

Users of the Tawakkalna app have surpassed 7 million in the past four months, with three new services added to the app. These are alert status, safe gathering management and dependant care. This last feature enables parents to follow up on their children, aged 15 or under, checking on them and the areas they call on.

The app has also included five languages: Hindi, Tagalog, Urdu, Bengali and Bahasa Indonesia.

There have been 41,665 new polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests conducted in the past 24 hours, increasing the total number of PCR tests in Saudi Arabia so far to more than 5.4 million.