Coronavirus: UAE reports 3,067 Covid-19 cases, 1,055 recoveries, 3 deaths

Total active cases stand at 42,789

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Published: Sun 16 Jan 2022, 1:57 PM

Last updated: Sun 16 Jan 2022, 2:06 PM

The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention on Sunday reported 3,067 cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus, along with 1,055 recoveries and three deaths.

Total active cases stand at 42,789.


The new cases were detected through 3,88,572 additional tests.

The total number of cases in UAE as on January 16 are 805,248, while total recoveries stand at 760,268. The death toll now stands at 2,191.


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