The number of deaths caused by the  new found Coronavirus has risen to 16 in Saudi Arabia after one more casualty was reported from a hospital in Al-Ahsa.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed Monday that 16 people have died in Saudi Arabia after being infected with the new SARS-like coronavirus. The latest death was reported from a hospital in Al-Ahsa. The patient was suffering from diabetes, chronic heart diseases, renal failure and high blood pressure.

"One of the patients who had contracted the virus has died in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia where most of the kingdom's cases have been registered," the ministry said on Monday.

The World Health Organization revealed on May 16 the fist case of patient to nurse transmission of the SARS-like novel coronavirus after two health care workers were infected with the same virus in Saudi Arabia. One of the workers has recovered and has been discharged from the hospital while the other remains in a critical condition.

"This is the first time health care workers have been diagnosed with (novel coronavirus) infection after exposure to patients," the Geneva-based U.N. health agency said in a disease outbreak update last week.

Health organizations have expressed their concerns about the rising number of cases concerning the nCoV and worry about its potential spread. They are looking into the origins of the virus and how it has spread in the country.

"Of most concern... is the fact that the different clusters seen in multiple countries increasingly support the hypothesis that when there is close contact this novel coronavirus can transmit from person to person," World Health Organization said. "This pattern of person-to-person transmission has remained limited to some small clusters and so far, there is no evidence to suggest the virus has the capacity to sustain generalized transmission in communities."

Besides the spread of this virus in Saudi Arabia, it has also been reported in France, Germany, Britain, Jordan, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). According to the WHO, 41 nCoV cases have been confirmed worldwide since September 2012 resulting in the death of 21 people.