The United Arab Emirates reports 1,230 new coronavirus cases as the total number of infections nears 200,000, the country’s National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) announced on Friday.Read the latest updates in our dedicated coronavirus section.The new cases were detected after the Ministry of Health conducted 143,901 tests “as part of its plans to expand the scope of the tests,” according to the authority.An additional 1,386 recoveries were also reported, raising the total to 175,865, according to the official WAM news agency.Meanwhile, six individuals who had previously tested positive for the virus died due to complications, raising the death toll to 653.Read more:How to get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in DubaiMasks, social distancing to continue after COVID-19 vaccineWhere to get the COVID-19 Sinopharm vaccine in the UAE
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Coronavirus: UAE COVID-19 cases near 200,000 with 1,230 new infections
