Coronavirus: UAE reports 256 Covid-19 cases, 331 recoveries, no deaths

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Dubai - The total number of tests conducted in the UAE to date was 84.2 million

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Published: Sat 2 Oct 2021, 1:56 PM

Last updated: Sat 2 Oct 2021, 2:01 PM

The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention on Saturday reported 256 cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus, along with 331 recoveries and no deaths.

The total number of tests conducted in the UAE to date was 84.2 million


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Worldwide deaths related to Covid-19 surpassed 5 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, as the Delta variant causes a surge in fatalities, mainly among the unvaccinated.

More than half of the world has yet to receive at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, according to Our World in Data.

US fatalities from Covid-19 surpassed 700,000 on Friday, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University, a toll roughly equivalent to the population of the nation’s capital Washington.

Additionally, Russia on Friday reported a high for coronavirus deaths for a fourth day running as infections continue to surge.

A government tally reported 887 fatalities over the past 24 hours. Over the same period there were 24,522 new cases — the highest total since late July.


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