Riyadh: An elderly Saudi national aged 84 died in Buraidah after contracting the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV).
An eighty-four-year old Saudi and an expatriate worker aged 54 were also diagnosed with the virus and are under medical observation at Buraidah hospital in critical condition.
The Ministry of Health announced that that other patients have recovered from the disease in Buraidah and Jeddah.