660 new COVID-19 cases in UAE

Sunday, 21 August 2022 18:50

By ARN News Staff

The UAE has confirmed 660 new cases of COVID-19 from 213,603 tests in the past 24 hours.

Another 689 people have recovered, taking the overall tally to 988,147.

No further deaths have been recorded, so the total number of fatalities remains at 2,341.

A total of 1,009,776 cases have been diagnosed in the UAE so far, out of which 19,288 are currently active.

UAE announces 660 new COVID-19 cases, 689 recoveries, no deaths in last 24 hours#WamNews pic.twitter.com/HxD4WWSNuq
— WAM English (@WAMNEWS_ENG) August 21, 2022

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