The Saudi Arabia health ministry on Saturday, August 15, announced 1,413 new cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus, along with 1,528 recoveries.
Thirty-one deaths were also reported in the country, because of the
infection. This takes the total reported cases in the country to 297,315, and recoveries to 264,487. The death tally has now climbed to 3,369.
Of the 29,459 active cases in the country, 1,766 are critical, the ministry added.