Coronavirus: UAE reports 2,631 new Covid-19 cases and 15 deaths

The number of active cases across the country currently stands at 17,824

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The UAE reported another 2,631 cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, after 184,981 tests were carried out in the past 24 hours.

Recoveries exceeded new infections as 3,589 people were cleared of the virus.

Fifteen patients died of as a result of related complications, increasing the total death toll to 1,001.

On Friday, the UAE reported the highest number of daily Covid-19 deaths to date, with 18 patients succumbing to the virus.

Since the pandemic began, the UAE has recorded a total of 345,605 cases of coronavirus and 326,780 recoveries.

On Friday, it was announced that the Emirates administered more Covid-19 vaccine doses for every 100 people than any other nation in the past week.

According to statistics from scientific online production Our World in Data, the UAE carried out a daily average of 1.62 doses of vaccine per 100 people from February 4 to February 10.

The figure placed it ahead of Israel, which previously took the top spot for the most number of vaccinations conducted over seven days.

The head of the World Health Organisation said a drop in coronavirus around the world is encouraging.

However, he cautioned against relaxing restrictions that have helped curb the spread of the coronavirus.

"These declines appear to be due to countries implementing public health measures more stringently," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

“We should all be encouraged, but complacency is as dangerous as the virus itself," he said.

Globally, there have been 107 million confirmed coronavirus cases and 2.3 million deaths.