DHAKA: The Saudi health ministry on Sunday announced a new Mers death, raising to 55 the number of people killed by the coronavirus in the country with the most fatalities.

A 37-year-old Saudi man died in Riyadh, the ministry said on its website, reports The Straits Times.

The World Health Organisation says it has been informed of 155 laboratory-confirmed Mers cases worldwide so far, including 64 deaths, most of them in Saudi Arabia.

Experts are struggling to understand the disease, for which there is no vaccine.

BDST: 1755 HRS, NOV 24, 2013