Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday night that the number of people infected with the novel Coronavirus has reached 45 with 24 new cases registered.

Iran Press/ Middle East: The Saudi Ministry of Health said in a statement that one of them was recovered and the rest were quarantined and are under treatment.

The Coronavirus was detected in Wuhan, in eastern Hubei province of China in late 2019, and is now being exported to more than 120 other countries, including the US, UK, Australia, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Canada, France, Italy, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.

According to the latest statistics, so far at least 119,000 people have been infected with the virus, of which about 64,000 have been recovered and discharged from hospitals. More than 4,300 people have died.

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