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Saudi Arabia Announces 450 New Virus Cases

A healthcare worker gets ready to take swab samples for coronavirus tests. Photo by Bashir Salih
A healthcare worker gets ready to take swab samples for coronavirus tests. Photo by Bashir Salih
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Saudi Arabia Announces 450 New Virus Cases

A healthcare worker gets ready to take swab samples for coronavirus tests. Photo by Bashir Salih
A healthcare worker gets ready to take swab samples for coronavirus tests. Photo by Bashir Salih

Saudi Arabia announced on Thursday 18 deaths from the novel coronavirus and 450 new infections.

Of the new cases, 67 were recorded in Riyadh, 51 in Makkah, 50 in Madinah, 28 in Jeddah, 23 in Yanbu, 18 in Hail and 13 in Dammam, the Health Ministry reported.

The new infections brought the Kingdom’s tally to 349,386, the Ministry said.

A total of 5,489 people have died from the COVID-19 disease, it added.

The total number of recoveries in the Kingdom have also increased to 336,068.

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Aoun: Saudi Arabia Will Be Destination of First Foreign Visit, Reflecting its Historic Support to Lebanon

Newly-elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun poses for a picture at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, January 9, 2025. (Dalati Nohra/Handout via Reuters)
Newly-elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun poses for a picture at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, January 9, 2025. (Dalati Nohra/Handout via Reuters)
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Aoun: Saudi Arabia Will Be Destination of First Foreign Visit, Reflecting its Historic Support to Lebanon

Newly-elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun poses for a picture at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, January 9, 2025. (Dalati Nohra/Handout via Reuters)
Newly-elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun poses for a picture at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, January 9, 2025. (Dalati Nohra/Handout via Reuters)

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister, held telephone talks on Saturday with Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun, congratulating him on his election on Thursday.

He conveyed the congratulations of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and wished Aoun and the brotherly people of Lebanon further progress.

Crown Prince Mohammed also invited Aoun to visit the Kingdom.

For his part, the president expressed his gratitude to the Crown Prince for Saudi Arabia’s support to Lebanon and its people.

Aoun confirmed that Saudi Arabia will be the destination of his first official foreign visit, saying it “reflects his belief in the Kingdom’s historic role in supporting and standing by Lebanon.”

“Ties with the Kingdom are also the foundation of Lebanon’s ties with the region,” he added.