Coronavirus: UAE reports 317 new cases

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  People waiting for their turn to get the Covid-19 vaccine at the Ajman Society of Social and Cultural Development. All photos: Pawan Singh / The National

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  People arrive at the vaccination centre to receive shots of either Sinopharm or Pfizer-BioNTech.

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  Rashid Al Shamsi after getting his Covid-19 vaccine shot at the centre.

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  People in Ajman have responded to government calls to support the nationwide vaccination drive.

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  A man receives the Covid-19 vaccine at the Ajman Society of Social & Cultural Development centre.

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  Numbers of Emiratis getting vaccinated at the Ajman centre have increased significantly in recent months.

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  Muna Saqr Al Matrooshi, general director of Ajman Society of Social and Cultural Development, has welcomed the rise in Emiratis being vaccinated at the centre.

The UAE reported 317 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, pushing the total number of infections to 905,468.

Another 323 people recovered in the 24-hour reporting period, taking the overall tally to 889,262.

No deaths have been reported since March 7, with the toll remaining at 2,302.

There are 13,904 active cases in the country.

The latest cases were detected from 221,440 PCR tests. Nearly 161 million tests have been carried out in the country since the first case was reported on January 29.

The country's nationwide testing to help in the early detection of coronavirus cases and a comprehensive vaccination campaign have limited the spread of the pandemic.

More than 24.8 million vaccines have been administered since December 2020. According to the National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority, 100 per cent of the population has received one dose of the vaccine while 97.98 per cent is fully vaccinated.

In global developments, more countries have reported cases of BA.4, a sub-strand of the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus strain, first detected in Limpopo, South Africa, on January 10.

Ireland on Monday said it has detected its first cases and the variant has also been reported in India.