UAE records 78 new Covid-19 cases and 95 recoveries

One person died after contracting the virus in latest 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.

The UAE recorded 78 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, as daily infections remained below 100 for the 24th consecutive day.

The latest figures brought the overall tally of cases to 740,879.

Another 95 people beat the virus, bringing the recovery tally to 735,457.

One person died during the 24-hour reporting period, taking the death toll to 2,143.

Case numbers remained low, despite a large number of tests being conducted across the Emirates.

A further 317,823 PCR tests were conducted – with the total number since the start of the pandemic topping 96.7 million.

Mass testing and a nationwide vaccination drive have been described as key to the steady decline in infections during the second half of the year.

More than 21.5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered since the inoculation drive was launched last December.