Via the Saudi Gazette: New MERS cases in Riyadh, Jeddah. The full report:
Saudi authorities recorded two new cases of the MERS coronavirus, the Health Ministry said on Saturday, a day after authorities in neighboring Qatar reported one new case.
Saudi Arabia accounts for a full 52 of 127 deaths worldwide from the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) so far, while Qatar accounts for two.
The two new cases were both Saudis, the ministry reported on its website, one a 72-year-old in Riyadh with pre-existing health problems, the other a 43-year-old in Jeddah.These cases were actually announced on the KSA MOH corona page on November 7. Meanwhile, the KSA MOH has raised the MERS deaths total on its corona pages from 52 to 53, without explanation.
