UAE reports 69 new coronavirus cases and 89 recoveries

Health officials say 355,085 PCR tests were carried out in the 24-hour reporting period

People waiting for their turn to get the Covid-19 vaccine at the Ajman Society of Social and Cultural Development. All photos: Pawan Singh / The National

People arrive at the vaccination centre to receive shots of either Sinopharm or Pfizer-BioNTech.

Rashid Al Shamsi after getting his Covid-19 vaccine shot at the centre.

People in Ajman have responded to government calls to support the nationwide vaccination drive.

A man receives the Covid-19 vaccine at the Ajman Society of Social & Cultural Development centre.

Numbers of Emiratis getting vaccinated at the Ajman centre have increased significantly in recent months.

Muna Saqr Al Matrooshi, general director of Ajman Society of Social and Cultural Development, has welcomed the rise in Emiratis being vaccinated at the centre.

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The UAE announced 69 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, pushing the overall number of infections to 742,507.

Another 89 people beat the virus, taking the total number of recoveries to 737,570.

No deaths were reported overnight and the toll remained at 2,149.

Health officials said 355,085 PCR tests were carried out in the 24-hour reporting period. More than 103 million tests have been conducted since the pandemic began.

The country has administered more than 22 million vaccines in the past year. Official data shows 100 per cent of the eligible population has received one dose of the vaccine while 90.74 per cent is fully vaccinated.

There are less than 3,000 active cases in the country.

Daily case numbers have fallen substantially over the past months in the Emirates and have remained below 100 since October 21.