Coronavirus: UAE reports 470 new Covid-19 cases

A model of a transformer robot wears a mask and carries a sign saying 'Stay home' outside a shop in Ras Al Khaimah. All photos by Chris Whiteoak / The National

A cleaner disinfects different surfaces at the H Hotel in Dubai.

Tailor Zeeshan Javed makes a pair of trousers in his workshop with protection measures in place.

A lifeguard watches over the pool at the H Hotel in Dubai.

An employee at Century Financial in Dubai sterilises a conference room.

A manager at Stone Grey, a tailoring business, rearranges dresses.

A hotel receptionist works behind a plastic partition at the H Hotel in Dubai.

Two colleagues keep a safe distance at Century Financial in Dubai.

Motorists get laser based DPI tests at the Mina Rashid screening centre in Dubai.

Motorists get laser based DPI tests at the Mina Rashid screening centre in Dubai.

Motorists get laser based DPI tests at the Mina Rashid screening centre in Dubai.

The UAE recorded 470 more coronavirus cases on Monday, after carrying out another 57,506 tests.

The new cases raised the country’s tally to 74,454.

At least 438 patients were cleared of the virus, taking the recovery total to 66,533.

And two patients died, raising the death toll to 390.

The number of active cases now stands at 7,531, with almost 89 per cent of all infections ending in recovery.

Almost 7.6 million Covid-19 tests have been carried out across the Emirates since the outbreak.

On Sunday, a record number of daily recoveries was reported across the UAE with 2,443 patients officially overcoming the virus. In the Emirates, two consecutive negative PCR tests are needed to clear a patient of Covid-19.

Cases have slowly begun to drop back down after a spike of 735 infections in one day last week.