TheMinistryofHealthandPrevention,MoHAP,announcedonSaturdaythatitconducted70,079additionalCOVID-19testsoverthepast24hours,usingstate-of-the-artmedicaltestingequipment.
Inastatement,theMinistrystresseditsaimtocontinueexpandingthescopeoftestingnationwidetofacilitatetheearlydetectionofcoronaviruscasesandcarryoutthenecessarytreatment.
Aspartofitsintensifiedtestingcampaign,MoHAPannounced424newcoronaviruscases,bringingthetotalnumberofcasesintheUAEto66,617.
AccordingtotheMinistry,theinfectedindividualsarefromvariousnationalities,areinastablecondition,andarereceivingthenecessarycare.
MoHAPalsoannouncedtwodeathsduetoCOVID-19complications,bringingthetotalnumberofdeathsinthecountryto372.
TheMinistryexpresseditssincerecondolencestothefamiliesofthedeceasedandwishedcurrentCOVID-19patientsaspeedyandfullrecovery,callingonallmembersofthesocietytocooperatewithhealthauthorities,adheretotheinstructionsandphysicaldistancetoensurethehealthandsafetyofall.
MoHAPalsonotedanadditional112individualshadfullyrecoveredfromCOVID-19,bringingthetotalnumberofrecoveriesto58,408.