Riyadh - Mubasher: The total number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Saudi Arabia has increased to 274,219 after 1,629 new cases were detected, the Saudi Ministry of Health announced on Thursday.

Saudi Arabia recorded 2,629 recovered cases to bring the total number of recoveries to 231,198, which represent 84% of the total number of cases.

In addition, 26 death cases were confirmed in Saudi Arabia to raise the total number of deaths to 2,842.