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RIYADH, May 30 (KUNA) -- Saudi Arabia sustained 22 more deaths due to the fatal bug, the novel coronavirus, raising the death toll to 480 since outbreak of the contagious disease in the Gulf state.
Saudi Ministry of Health said in its daily report about the contagion in the kingdom, on Saturday, that 1,618 persons tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) increasing the count to the staggering level of 83,384.
It put number of recoveries at 58,883 after registering 1,870 patients cured of the contagious disease. (end)
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