UAE
UAE announces 1,541 new coronavirus cases and 5 deaths
The UAE reported 1,541 new coronavirus cases on Thursday after an additional 284,799 tests.
The latest caseload brought the number of infections recorded since the start of the pandemic to 656,354.
Five people died of Covid-related causes in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 1,885.
Another 1,497 people overcame the virus, taking the number of recoveries to 634,272.
More than 61.5 million PCR tests have now been conducted nationwide since the start of the outbreak.
