# 7739
Today, the Saudi MOH has posted an update announcing 2 new (asymptomatic) cases, and 2 deaths which do not appear to have been previously announced.
An English language report has not yet been posted, but we do have the following machine translation off the MOH website.
(Health) of two infected (Corona) new Batin and the death of two other city, Riyadh
11/03/1434
A continuation of the work of Investigation epidemiological and follow-up carried out by the Ministry of Health for HIV (Corona) new strain of AIDS Middle East respiratory (MERS-CoV), announced the Ministry of Health for the registration of cases of HIV infection first citizen at the age of 18 years old, and the other for a girl aged 3 years, Mkhaltin case Batin area confirmed they did not show any symptoms and their good health status, praise be to God.
The ministry also announced for the registration of the cases of the death of the virus, the first resident in Medina at the age of 56 years, and works in the health sector, and the second of a citizen in Riyadh at the age of 53 years suffering from multiple chronic illnesses, Tgmdahma God rest in peace.
Trying to keep track of the newly announced MERS cases (both suspected & confirmed) is becoming more difficult with each passing day. The problem isn’t so much the number of cases, but the paucity of information we have on each case.
This makes it much harder to go back and match up an earlier announced case when a fatality is reported, or to match an earlier `suspected’ case with confirmed ones.
While we can’t know about the asymptomatic or misdiagnosed cases that haven’t been reported, Sharon Sanders at FluTrackers maintains the most dependable and most current case list that I’ve seen.
FluTracker’s Master MERS-CoV List
FluTracker’s MERS-CoV LIst By Country Of Origin
The leapfrogging of media reports and announcements from the MOH, apparent delays in reporting, and the likelihood that some cases are not being caught by surveillance makes it impossible to know with any certainty how many cases have really occurred.
But what is apparent from the reports we are getting is that the MERS coronavirus continues to circulate and infect humans in the Middle East and that we are seeing a growing number of health-care workers infected.
