DUBAI: Coronavirus cases in the UAE hit below 2,000 for first time in over a month, with health authorities confirming 1,992 infections overnight after conducting 232,901 additional COVID-19 tests.
The last time daily coronavirus cases hit below the 2,000-mark was on Jan. 5 with 1,967 infections.
The country’s caseload is now at 526,397, with 1,395 deaths including seven fatalities reported during the past 24 hours. An additional 2,169 individuals have fully recovered from the disease, bringing the total number of recoveries to 405,647, state news agency WAM said.
The Dubai government has partnered with Breathonix to carry out a joint clinical trial to assess the accuracy of an easy-to-use breath test to detect COVID-19 within one minute.
The trials are being conducted at the Dubai Health Authority’s Nadd Al-Hamar primary health care center for 2,500 patients.
The UAE has embarked on a widescale coronavirus vaccination campaign to complement its aggressive COVID-19 testing regime to help curb transmission of the disease. The number of doses that have been provided so far 6,516,723 with a rate of vaccine distribution of 65.89 doses per 100 people.
