Coronavirus: UAE reports 978 new cases and 1 death

The number of active cases in the Emirates continues to decline

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  Billboards along Sheikh Zayed Road thanking the Covid vaccine volunteers for the Phase 3 trials conducted in the UAE. Antonie Robertson / The National

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  A man receives a dose of a vaccine against the coronavirus disease in Dubai. Reuters

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  People queue for the vaccine near DIFC in Dubai. AFP

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  The DPI screening centre on the border between Dubai and Abu Dhabi is quick and results are out in a matter of minutes. Antonie Robertson / The National

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  A woman receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at Zabeel Health Centre in Dubai. EPA

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  Guru Nanak Darbar Gurudwara partnered with Tamouh Health Care to provide on-site Sinopharm Vaccination for all residents of the UAE free of charge in February. Pawan Singh / The National

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  UAE residents receive their vaccine free of charge in February. Pawan Singh / The National

The UAE reported 978 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, after a further 299,936 tests.

Since the pandemic reached the UAE in January 2020, the country has detected 721,308 infections through mass testing.

More than 75 million PCR tests have now been carried out since the outbreak began.

A further 1,504 people beat the virus, pushing the recovery total to 709,659.

One patient died in the past 24 hours after contracting the virus, increasing the death toll to 2,044.

The number of active cases in the Emirates, currently at 9,605 - the lowest since March 1 - continued to decline thanks to the continuing trend of recoveries surpassing daily infections.

Daily recoveries have outpaced new infections since August 9.