957 new COVID-19 cases in the UAE

Wednesday, 16 February 2022 15:07

By ARN News Staff

The UAE has confirmed 957 new cases of COVID-19 from 365,306 tests in the past 24 hours.

Another 2,538 people have recovered, taking the overall tally to 808,824.

One further person has died, taking the total number of fatalities to 2,289.

A total of 871,315 cases have been diagnosed in the UAE so far, out of which 60,202 are currently active.

#UAE announces 957 new #COVID19 cases, 2,538 recoveries and 1 death in last 24 hours.#TogetherWeRecover #WamNews pic.twitter.com/zPxIFebpSJ
— WAM English (@WAMNEWS_ENG) February 16, 2022

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