GCC Covid-19 update: UAE registers 644 cases; 781 infections recorded in Saudi Arabia

UAE
The Ministry of Health and Prevention has registered a total of 644 Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours.

The new cases were detected as an extension of 71,334 examinations conducted to screen for the virus.

The total number of infections in the country has risen to 75,098.

With 410 additional recoveries, the total number of patients who have overcome the infection tally 66,943.

The ministry also confirmed one fatality, raising the death toll to 391.

مستجدات الوضع الصحي والحالات المرتبطة بمرض #كوفيد19 في دولة #الإمارات
الثلاثاء 8 سبتمبر 2020 pic.twitter.com/qe69W2RzIG

— UAEGov (@uaegov) September 8, 2020

Saudi Arabia
The Ministry of Health recorded 781 new infections, 623 recoveries and 30 deaths in the last 24 hours.

The city of Jeddah recorded 62 cases, followed by Makkah (58) and Medina (51).

The infection count in the kingdom has risen to 322,237, including 298,246 recoveries and 4,137 deaths.

#الصحة⁩ تعلن عن تسجيل (781) حالة إصابة جديدة بفيروس ⁧#كورونا⁩ الجديد (كوفيد19)، وتسجيل (30) حالات وفيات رحمهم الله، وتسجيل (623) حالة تعافي ليصبح إجمالي عدد الحالات المتعافية (298,246) حالة ولله الحمد. pic.twitter.com/eX6rVw9GGj

— و ز ا ر ة ا لـ صـ حـ ة السعودية (@SaudiMOH) September 8, 2020

Oman
The Ministry of Health reported 262 new infections and eight deaths in the preceding 24 hours.

The total number of infections across the sultanate has risen to 87,590, including 82,973 recoveries and 742 deaths, Times of Oman reported.

Kuwait
As many as 857 additional infections and 617 recoveries were recorded on September 8, Kuwait’s Ministry of Health confirmed.

Kuwait also reported two Covid-19-related fatalities, raising the death toll to 548.

#KUNA #KUWAIT pic.twitter.com/z19aMwJKyh

— Kuwait News Agency – English Feed (@kuna_en) September 8, 2020