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Saudi Arabia Reports 1st Coronavirus Case


Mon 02 Mar 2020 | 06:37 PM
Mohamed Helba

Saudi Arabia registered on Monday the first coronavirus case, according to the Health Ministry.

The ministry said that the infected case is a Saudi Arabian man, who came from Iran through Bahrain

The ministry added tests for the COVID-19 virus for the Saudi Arabian were positive.

Earlier, the Tunisian Health Ministry confirmed the first coronavirus case.

It is worth noting that Italy confirmed a 50% increase in the number of reported cases, as 1,694 cases were confirmed today, up from 1,128 confirmed cases on Saturday besides 34 people had died.

According to CNN, Italy has the most coronavirus cases of any country outside of Asia.