RIYADH: Saudi Arabia announced one death from COVID-19 and 287 new infections on Thursday. Of the new cases, 116 were recorded in Riyadh, 47 in  Jeddah, 36 in Makkah, 12 in Dammam, nine in Madinah, eight in Hofuf, seven in Taif, and five in Jubail. The total number of recoveries in the Kingdom increased to 540,506 after 113 more patients recovered from the virus. A total of 8,868 people have succumbed to the virus in the Kingdom so far. Over 48.8 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine have been administered in the Kingdom to date. The Kingdom’s Ministry of Islamic Affairs urged people to socially distance and wear masks in mosques.