Coronavirus: UAE reports 305 Covid-19 cases as 40,000 tests are conducted

Latest daily figures reveal a further 343 patients have recovered while one person died after contracting the virus

Prayer rooms at Al Wahda Mall are open to worshippers as Covid-19 restrictions ease in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National

A prayer room is sanitised at Al Wahda Mall. Victor Besa / The National

A fruit vendor wearing a face mask waves as he waits for customers in Kuwait City. AFP

Food vendors wearing face masks prepare kebabs at a market in Kuwait City amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic crisis. AFP

Ibrahim, a 29-year-old Palestinian, makes a kite with a safety message regarding the coronavirus pandemic in the village of Halhoul, north the West Bank town of Hebron. AFP

A Palestinian woman who is infected with coronavirus disease receives vitamins delivered by a drone in Beit Ummar in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reuters

Palestinian municipality staff members prepare to fly a drone loaded with vitamins to be delivered to coronavirus patients in Beit Ummar. Reuters

A paramedic of the Magen David Adom, Israel's national emergency, collects a swab sample from a Palestinian child at a mobile testing station for COVID-19 coronavirus, in the Arab neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in occupied east Jerusalem. AFP

A model wears a face mask to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, designed by Iraqi designer Ziad Tariq, left, at his workshop in Basra, Iraq. AP Photo

Syrian refugee students and instructor, Yasine Hariri, use his invention that is a robot prototype that automatically dispenses sanitiser to avoid contact and combat the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a part of the camp's UNHCR-led Innovation Lab program, at the Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria. REUTERS

Syrian refugee students and instructor, Yasine Hariri, use his invention that is a robot prototype that automatically dispenses sanitiser to avoid contact and combat the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a part of the camp's UNHCR-led Innovation Lab program, at the Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria. REUTERS

Members of the Cairo-based theatre group Sitara pack props and costumes to be put in storage, after the theatre was closed following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS

A European tourist gestures as she cools down in the sea on the Tunisian island of Djerba, a day after the arrival of the first charter flights to the country since the COVID-19 crisis erupted. AFP

European tourists walk at the beach at a hotel on the Tunisian island of Djerba. AFP

The UAE confirmed 305 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, bringing the country's total to 57,498.

Officials said a further 343 patients had recovered from the virus as the overall tally moved to 49,964.

The death toll in the Emirates stands at 341 after one patient died.

The latest infections were detected after a further 40,000 tests were conducted.

Close to 4.6 million tests have been carried out across the country as part of a mass screening strategy aimed at limiting the spread of the virus.

The number of coronavirus infections recorded across the globe is fast approaching 15 million since the outbreak began.

As of Tuesday, more than 613,000 people had died after contracting Covid-19, while the number of recoveries across the globe is nearing 9 million.

The United States, with more than 3.9 million confirmed cases, remains the country hardest hit by the pandemic, followed by Brazil, India, Russia and South Africa.