DUBAI: UAE health officials confirmed 1,663 new coronavirus cases and 6 fatalities overnight amid the country’s continuing nationwide vaccination efforts.
The latest figures bring the country’s caseload to 636,245 infections and 1,825 deaths since the pandemic began, state news agency WAM.
The Ministry of Health and Prevention also reported that an additional 1,638 individuals had fully recovered from COVID-19, bringing the total number of recoveries to 614,636.
Meanwhile, an additional 65,939 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered during the past 24 hours.
The total number of doses provided up to today stands at 15,428,281 with a rate of vaccine distribution of 155.99 doses per 100 people, health officials said.
The UAE is among the world’s leader when in terms of doses administered per 100 people. The country’s National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority in May announced that it would be offering a third dose of China’s Sinopharm vaccine.
