More patients beat Covid-19 than tested positive for the coronavirus in the UAE for the ninth consecutive day on Monday.
Health authorities reported 2,798 new cases of infection, while the number of people to have cleared the virus was 3,933.
The accelerated recovery rate brought active cases down to 18,671, after the high of 27,792 in mid-January.
Ninety-four per cent of people infected, at least 309,692, overcome Covid-19 across the country since the outbreak. In total, 329,293 cases were reported.
Nine patients died of Covid-19 on Monday, raising the death toll to 930, or 0.27 per cent of all cases.
The new infections were detected after another 148,587 tests were conducted in the UAE, which is among the top countries for screening per capita worldwide.
More than 27 million DPI and PCR tests have been carried out since the nation’s first cases were detected in January last year.
The country is also embarking on a widespread vaccination drive to immunise at least half of the population by the end of next month.
Four vaccines are available, of which Sinopharm is used throughout the country. Another 99,781 doses of the vaccine were administered since Sunday, raising the total number to more than 4.4m. This equates to 44.63 doses per 100 people.
This week, authorities said older adults, people with disabilities and anyone with chronic illness would have priority for the next six weeks.
Anyone yet to receive their first dose of the vaccine must now wait until late March or early April.
But people who have taken their first dose and have the second scheduled over the next few weeks will receive the vaccine as planned, authorities said.
In an effort to slow the rate of infection, authorities have also brought in health and safety measures to restrict crowding in public and private spaces.
Capacity limits have been placed on restaurants, gyms, pools and beaches, and malls across much of the country.
On Monday, Ajman’s Department of Economic Development said cafes and restaurants would have to close at midnight and reduce capacity to 50 per cent.
The department said up to 50 people could attend weddings, provided all in attendance wear face masks, have tested negative for the virus and maintain a distance of at least two metres from one another.
