RIYADH: Saudi Arabia announced 10 deaths from COVID-19 and 1,136 new infections on Friday.
Of the new cases, 342 were recorded in Riyadh, 276 in Makkah, 150 in the Eastern Province, 73 in Madinah, 66 in Asir, 59 in Jazan, 36 in Tabuk, 27 in Najran, 22 in Hail, 18 in Al-Baha, 14 in the Northern Borders region and six in Al-Jouf.
The total number of recoveries in the Kingdom increased to 422,706 after 980 more patients recovered from the virus.
A total of 7,224 people have succumbed to the virus in the Kingdom so far.
Over 12.4 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine have been administered in the Kingdom to date.
Archaeological remnants are common in mountains, which formed part of trading route for camel convoys
Following three days of losses, oil prices rebounded early on Friday amid fuel demand recovery in the U.S. and Europe, but they were still set for a weekly drop of around 4 percent, which would be the steepest weekly decline since March
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Sputnik International
Friday, 5/21/2021 14:51
GOLD and SILVER PRICES both fell hard Friday afternoon in London but still set their highest weekly close of 2021 so far after the head of the European Central Bank repeated its commitment to sub-zero interest rates and €1.9 trillion QE bond-buying stimulus for the 19-nation currency bloc. Preliminary PMI data from the ISM s monthly surveys said US manufacturing continues to grow strongly, while services-sector activity has blown past analyst forecasts as the world s largest economy re-opens from Covid lockdowns. Helping the Dollar to bounce on the FX market, that news knocked silver prices back 30 cents to $27.70 and gold dropped almost $15 per ounce at $1875 as world stock markets extended their bounce from last week s plunge but