Saudi Arabia has recorded another minor dip in COVID-19 transmissions with 4,526 cases and three virus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Kingdom’s Ministry of Health.
In that time, 5,772 recoveries were also recorded.
There have now been 666,259 COVID-19 infections and 8,927 deaths in Saudi Arabia since the beginning of the pandemic.
Case numbers have risen sharply in January amid global reports of the omicron variant spreading.
Saudi Arabia detected its first case of the more transmissible variant in early December.
It was thought to have been transmitted by a traveler from an undisclosed north African country.
Daily case numbers reached an all-time high of 5,928 on January 19.
