COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia
details of ongoing viral pandemic in Saudi Arabia
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic spread to Saudi Arabia on March 2, 2020, when the Ministry of Health confirmed the first case in the kingdom.[2]
| COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Saudi Arabia |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Index case | Qatif, Eastern Province |
| Arrival date | 2 March 2020 (4 years, 8 months, 3 weeks and 3 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 355,741[1] |
| Recovered | 344,311[1] |
Deaths | 5,811[1] |
| Government website | |
| www.covid19.cdc.gov.sa | |
By April 8, as many as 150 members of the Saudi royal family had tested positive. The king's nephew, Faisal bin Bandar Al Saud, has been put in the intensive care unit over coronavirus problems.[3]
As of November 25, the country had 355,741 confirmed cases, the highest among the Arabian Gulf States with 344,311 recoveries and 5,811 deaths.
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "(Covid-19) Disease Interactive Dashboard". Archived from the original on 29 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ↑ "Saudi Arabia announces the first case of coronavirus". Arab News. Riyadh: Saudi Research and Marketing Group. 3 March 2020. ISSN 0254-833X. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
Saudi Arabia reported its first case of the new coronavirus on Monday amid growing fears that a surge in the number of those infected in Iran is threatening the whole region.
- ↑ "Live Updates: Elite Saudi Hospital Braces for a Wave of Royal Patients". The New York Times. 8 April 2020. Archived from the original on 22 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
