Coronavirus: UAE reports 1,216 Covid-19 cases, 1,159 recoveries, no deaths

Over 176.7 million PCR tests have been conducted in the country so far

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Published: Fri 29 Jul 2022, 1:56 PM

Last updated: Fri 29 Jul 2022, 2:03 PM

The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention on Friday reported 1,216 cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus, along with 1,159 recoveries and no deaths.

Over 176.7 million PCR tests have been conducted in the country so far.


Total active cases stand at 18,677.

The new cases were detected through 313,381 additional tests.


The total number of cases in UAE as on July 29 are 989,220, while total recoveries stand at 968,209. The death toll now stands at 2,334.

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