The new figures bring to 11,633 the number of infections in the Kingdom since the first case was reported on March 2 and to 8,656 the number of people fully recovered, i.e. a recovery rate of 74.4%, said Hind Ezzine, head of the Department of Epidemic Diseases at the Directorate of Epidemiology under the ministry of Health.
The number of fatalities stands at 218, with a new death in the last 24 hours, she added, noting that the case-fatality rate reaches 1.9%.