Coronavirus: UAE records 430 new cases

Another 385 people recovered during the 24-hour reporting period

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  Billboards along Sheikh Zayed Road thanking the Covid vaccine volunteers for the Phase 3 trials conducted in the UAE. Antonie Robertson / The National

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  A man receives a dose of a vaccine against the coronavirus disease in Dubai. Reuters

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  People queue for the vaccine near DIFC in Dubai. AFP

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  The DPI screening centre on the border between Dubai and Abu Dhabi is quick and results are out in a matter of minutes. Antonie Robertson / The National

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  A woman receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at Zabeel Health Centre in Dubai. EPA

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  Guru Nanak Darbar Gurudwara partnered with Tamouh Health Care to provide on-site Sinopharm Vaccination for all residents of the UAE free of charge in February. Pawan Singh / The National

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  UAE residents receive their vaccine free of charge in February. Pawan Singh / The National

The UAE reported 430 new coronavirus cases and 385 recoveries on Saturday.

No deaths have been reported since March 7 and the toll remains at 2,302.

The country has recorded 907,069 cases and 890,696 recoveries since the first Covid-19 case was detected in the Emirates on January 29, 2020.

Mass testing and tracing, stringent safety measures and a high vaccination rate have been credited for bringing down daily infections.

Cases have dropped since reaching close to 4,000 a day in January 2021.

An additional 232,901 tests were conducted over the 24-hour period, bringing the total carried out since the beginning of the outbreak to more than 161 million.