Riyadh, August 15, 2020, SPA -- The Ministry of Health announced in a statement here today that 1,413 new confirmed cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been reported, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, bringing the total number to 297,315 cases, including 29,459 active cases undergoing treatment. Of these, there are 1,766 critical cases, while the health condition of the rest is stable. It added that 31 new deaths have been reported; putting the tally of fatalities, at 3,369. As many as 1,528 cases have recovered, raising recoveries' toll to 264,487. On the other hand, new 63,872 laboratory tests have were conducted, too, in the last 24 hours. --SPA 20:31 LOCAL TIME 17:31 GMT 0014 www.spa.gov.sa/w1391345