The UAE on Saturday announced 561 new Covid-19 cases, plus a further 121 recoveries and eight deaths.
The overall number of people who have tested positive for the coronavirus is 13,599, with a total of 2,664 recoveries and 119 fatalities.
On average, 29,000 people were tested each day and the figure was 36,000 on Saturday, officials announced.
Of those recently diagnosed with Covid-19, 22 are people with determination.
Speaker at a briefing on Saturday, Professor Alawi Alsheikh-Ali, spokesman for the country's advanced sciences sector, said that smokers and people with obesity were at higher risk.
Those heart conditions, asthma and high blood pressure must also be cautious.
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A man uses his Emirates ID card to register before taking the test at Seha’s Ras Al Khaimah Covid-19 drive-through testing centre. All photos: Reem Mohammed / The National -
A vehicle enters the Covid-19 drive-through testing centre. -
A nurse checks the temperature of a visitor at the drive-through testing centre. -
A visitor is tested at the Ras Al Khaimah centre. -
A motorist is tested at Seha’s drive-through centre in Ras Al Khaimah . -
A medic at the drive-through testing centre. -
Staff work at Seha’s Covid-19 drive-through testing centre in Ras Al Khaimah. -
Staff outside the testing centre in Ras Al Khaimah. -
Motorists can be tested at the centre without leaving their cars. -
A motorist prepares to enter the testing centre.
