DUBAI: UAE health officials confirmed 1,530 new coronavirus cases and seven deaths related to the highly transmissible disease, from 288,895 COVID-19 tests conducted overnight.
The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) added that the total number of recorded cases in the UAE now stands at 657,884, including 1,892 fatalities, with 635,759 having fully recovered from COVID-19.
Meanwhile, MoHAP also reported that 69,059 additional doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered, pushing the total number of doses provided to 16,263,585 for a vaccine distribution of 164.44 doses per 100 people.
The UAE is among the world’s leading countries in testing and vaccinating its populace with the aim of quickly acquiring herd immunity to slow the spread of the virus through an eventual reduction in infection cases.
