Saudi Arabia reports 38 more coronavirus cases – Oman records 9 new cases

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RIYADH, March 17 (KUNA) — The Saudi Ministry of Health on Tuesday confirmed 38 new infection cases of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing to 171 the total number in the kingdom.


Three cases involve a male citizen who was in contact with a COVID-19 patient, a male citizen coming from Germany and Jordanian resident coming from Britain.


They are kept at a quarantine facility in Jeddah, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported, citing a statement by the ministry.


The fourth and fifth cases involve Egyptian male and female residents coming from Egypt, the sixth case is a Turkish female resident coming from Turkey; they are isolated at a health facility in Makkah.


Ten other cases involve six male citizens coming from Iraq, a male citizen coming from Italy, one male citizen who was in contact with a previous case and two cases which are under investigation; all of them are kept in quarantine in Qatif.


There are three cases for a male citizen coming from Spain and two male citizens who were in contact with a previous case; they are quarantined in Dhahran, according to the report.


Thirteen infections were confirmed in Riyadh. They involve citizens coming from Jordan, Oman, India, Britain, Turkey, Switzerland and Austria, in addition to a Jordanian resident coming from Spain and four cases for citizens and two Filipino residents who were in contact with previous cases.


The new figures took the overall number of COVID-19 patients in the Kingdom to 171, the ministry added.

OMAN

The Oman Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday evening, the registration of 9 new cases of the emerging coronavirus, for eight citizens and expatriates.
The ministry added that 7 of the cases were linked to travel abroad, and two were under investigation.
The ministry said that the total number of coronavirus infections in the Sultanate was 33.

QATAR
The Ministry of Public Health today announced the registration of 3 new positive cases of coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19) in Qatar, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 442.

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