RIYADH: Saudi Arabia announced eight deaths from COVID-19 and 929 new infections on Wednesday. Of the new cases, 443 were recorded in Riyadh, 172 in Makkah, 130 in the the Eastern Province, 30 in Madinah, 26 in Asir, 24 in Tabuk, 22 in Jazan, 22 in Hail, 11 in the Northern Borders region,11 in Najran and six in Al-Jouf. The total number of recoveries in the Kingdom increased to 385,441 after 806 more patients recovered from the virus. A total of 6,781 people have succumbed to the virus in the Kingdom so far. Over 6.5 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Saudi Arabia to date.