The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Friday recorded 3921 new coronavirus cases during the last twenty-four hours, the biggest daily increase to date in the Arab country.
"This upped the total number of the infected cases to 119,942," the spokesman of the health ministry in Saudi Arabia Dr. Mohamed Al-Abdali said.
Most of the new cases have been recorded in Capital Riyadh, as it reported 1584 new cases.
In a statement, the spokesman of the health ministry said that 36 new deaths have been reported, raising the death toll to 893.
"1,010 new patients have recovered, raising the total number of the recovered cases to 81,029," he added.
The spokesman also added that 31,449 cases are still active, and 1,686 patients are in critical condition.
It is worth mentioning that, more cases of the virus, which causes respiratory disease COVID-19, continue to emerge, with outbreaks in South Korea, Italy, and Iran.
People across the globe partake in self-isolation for 14 days as an effective precautionary measure to protect those around them and themselves from contracting COVID-19.
Transmission of virus between humans happens when someone comes into contact with an infected person’s secretions, such as droplets in a cough.
It can also be transmitted by coming into contact with something an infected person has touched and then touching your mouth, nose or eyes.
How To protect yourself from Coronavirus:
-Wash your hands frequently with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand rub if your hands are not visibly dirty as washing hands with soap and water eliminates coronavirus if it is on the hands.
-When coughing and sneezing, cover mouth and nose with flexed elbow or tissue – discard tissue immediately into a closed bin and clean your hands with alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water to prevent the spread of germs and viruses. If you sneeze or cough into your hands, you can pass the virus to other people that you have contact with.
-Eat fruits and vegetables that contain Vitamin C so that your immune system could be enhanced for better and be able to confront viruses.
-Avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth as hands touch many surfaces, which can be contaminated with the virus. If you touch your eyes, nose or mouth with your contaminated hands, the virus from the surface may infect you.
Accordingly, you need to keep surrounding surfaces clean and free of viruses.
Make sure to keep all surrounding surfaces clean, even those that don’t usually cross minds like: keyboards, phone receivers, doorknobs, light switches, and remote controls.
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