Home Covid-19 GCC Covid-19 update: Saudi reports 1,289 cases Saudi Arabia has reported a total of 18,811 Covid-19 infections since the outbreak by Zainab Mansoor April 27, 2020 Saudi Arabia has reported 1,289 new Covid-19 cases on April 27, its Ministry of Health tweeted. Of the newly diagnosed cases, Jeddah recorded 294 infections, followed by Makkah (218) and Madinah (202). The ministry also confirmed five additional coronavirus-induced deaths, spiking the total death toll to 144. #الصحة تعلن عن تسجيل (1289) حالة إصابة جديدة بفيروس #كورونا الجديد (كوفيد19)، وتسجيل (5) حالات وفيات رحمهم الله، وتسجيل (174) حالة تعافي ليصبح إجمالي عدد الحالات المتعافية (2531) حالة ولله الحمد. pic.twitter.com/VgddgGCOfI — و ز ا ر ة ا لـ صـ حـ ة السعودية (@SaudiMOH) April 27, 2020 Since the outbreak of the virus strain in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year, Saudi Arabia has reported a total of 18,811 Covid-19 infections. As many as 2,531 patients have till now recovered from the virus. Oman The sultanate registered 51 new Covid-19 cases on April 27, including 37 nationals and 14 expatriates, spiking the total number of infections to 2,049, Oman News Agency tweeted. Meanwhile, 10 coronavirus-related deaths have been confirmed in the country. #وزارة_الصحة: تسجيل (51) حالة إصابة جديدة بمرض فيروس كورونا #كوفيد١٩ منها (37) حالة لعمانيين، ة (14) حالة لغير عمانيين وبذلك يصبح العدد الكلّي للحالات المسجلة في #السلطنة (2049) حالة وعدد الوفيات (10) وتود الوزارة التأكيد أن (364) قد تماثلت للشفاء — وكالة الأنباء العمانية (@OmanNewsAgency) April 27, 2020 Qatar The Ministry of Public Health has reported 957 Covid-19 cases among the 3,420 people tested in the last 24 hours. As many as 85,709 people have been tested for the virus across the country. The total number of Covid-19 infections since the outbreak has now risen to 11,244. آخر مستجدات فيروس كورونا في قطر Latest update on Coronavirus in Qatar#سلامتك_هي_سلامتي #YourSafetyIsMySafety pic.twitter.com/ZnnyAq8auG — وزارة الصحة العامة (@MOPHQatar) April 27, 2020 Tags Bahrain Covid-19 GCC Oman Saudi Arabia UAE 0 Comments You might also like US-UAE climate-friendly farming partnership grows to $29bn Novartis Gulf’s Mohamed Ezz Eldin on the region’s key healthcare trends Oman’s OQ to raise $490m from IPO of methanol, ammonia unit Bahrain’s ATME aims transforming regional markets with asset tokenisation