A medical staffer gives a thumbs-up gesture after obtaining a swab sample from a man inside a vehicle at a drive-through COVID-19 coronavirus testing centre. (File photo: AFP)
The United Arab Emirates recorded a 1,312 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 130,336, the Ministry of Health and Prevention announced on Thursday.
The Ministry of Health conducted 130,573 tests as part of its plans to expand the scope of the tests.
The Ministry of Health conducts 130,573 tests as part of its plans to expand the scope of the tests, and reveals 1,312 new cases of the #Coronavirus, 1,500 recoveries and 3 death cases due to complications. #CommitToWin pic.twitter.com/eoYGmOkUyH
— NCEMA UAE (@NCEMAUAE) October 29, 2020
The United Arab Emirates recorded a 1,400 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 129,042, the Ministry of Health and Prevention announced on Wednesday.
The Ministry of Health conducted 104,673 tests as part of its plans to expand the scope of the tests, explaining the higher number of infections recorded over the past few days.
Three people died due to complications caused by COVID-19, which raises the virus-related death toll in the country to 488.
Meanwhile, the number of recoveries rose to 126,147 after 1,500 people recovered from the coronavirus.
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