Urgent 17 new cases of coronavirus were recorded, and the total number of infections rose to 103

Arab Weather - The Ministry of Health announced the monitoring and registration of 17 new cases infected with the new "Corona" virus (Covid 19), while the virus has spread in 138 countries, amid extensive international and local efforts to besiege it and eliminate it.

The ministry said: The first case of a citizen coming from Iran, currently isolated in a health facility in Al-Ahsa, and that the second case of a citizen who is now in quarantine, was a mixture of a previously announced case, which is isolated in a hospital in Qatif.

She added that the third and fourth cases of citizens from Qatif Province, coming from Italy and Iran, are isolated in a health facility in Qatif, and the ministry stated that the fifth case of a citizen is in quarantine in Jeddah, which is also coming from Iran.

The ministry pointed out that there are 12 cases of the new "Corona" virus present in Riyadh, which includes 3 cases of citizens who were in contact with previously announced cases, one case of an American resident, was in contact with a previously announced case, 3 cases of citizens coming from Britain, and 4 other cases of citizens coming From France, as well as a case for a French resident coming from France via the Emirates.

The Ministry of Health stated that the total number of injuries reached 103, of which one had recovered, and that the rest of the cases are now in isolation.

She noted that among those cases was a situation that was in a critical condition and improved today, and ventilators were lifted from them, and health care is being provided to them according to the approved procedures.

The Ministry called on everyone who was in countries where the new Corona virus is spreading, to communicate immediately with the "Health 937 Contact Center", and called for the need to communicate with them in the event of any person's desire to inquire about the virus, stressing that information be taken from its official sources, And lack of drifting behind the rumors.