REYADH: The number of coronavirus cases in Saudi Arabia exceeded 100,000 as the kingdom struggles to get to grips with a rise in the number of new infections over the past ten days, local media reported.
The Saudi Ministry of Health reported 3,045 new cases on Sunday, taking the total to 101,914. The number of new daily cases exceeded 3,000 for the first time on Saturday.
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Global deaths from the novel coronavirus topped 400,000, as case numbers surge in Brazil and India, ,eia reports said.
The United States is responsible for about one-quarter of all fatalities but deaths in South America are rapidly rising.
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