Coronavirus: UAE records 430 new cases

Another 385 people recovered during the 24-hour reporting period

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

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

People queue for the vaccine near DIFC in Dubai. AFP

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

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

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

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.