UAE confirms 1,284 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death

Members of medical staff wearing protective equipment, intake patients to be tested, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, at the Cleveland Clinic hospital in Abu Dhabi, UAE. (File/Reuters)

• UAE says 765 have recovered over the past 24 hours
• Kuwait records 339 cases and 3 deaths, Bahrain reports 140 cases and 0 deaths

DUBAI: The UAE on Friday recorded 1,284 new coronavirus cases and one death.
The Ministry of Health and Prevention said the total number of cases since the pandemic began has reached 191,150, with the death toll now at 630.
The ministry added that 765 people recovered over the previous 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 167,306.
Elsewhere, Kuwait recorded 339 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 147,531. The death toll reached 916 after three new fatalities was registered.

تعلن #وزارة_الصحة⁩ عن تأكيد إصابة 339 حالة جديدة، وتسجيل 242 حالة شفاء، و 3 حالات وفاة جديدة بـ ⁧#فيروس_كورونا_المستجدّ⁩ COVID-19 ، ليصبح إجمالي عدد الحالات 147,531 حالة pic.twitter.com/rTvuR8iMyd

— وزارة الصحة - الكويت (@KUWAIT_MOH) December 18, 2020

In Bahrain, zero deaths was reported, keeping the death toll to 349, while 140 new infected cases were confirmed.

Out of 8804 COVID-19 tests carried out on 18 December 2020, 140 new cases have been detected among 76 expatriate workers, 52 new cases are contacts of active cases, and 12 are travel related. There were 157 recoveries from #COVID19, increasing total recoveries to 88003 pic.twitter.com/AexnRygihn

— وزارة الصحة | مملكة البحرين (@MOH_Bahrain) December 18, 2020