681 new COVID-19 cases in UAE

Saturday, 20 August 2022 at 15:30

By ARN News Staff

The UAE has confirmed 681 new cases of COVID-19 from 215,224 tests in the past 24 hours.

Another 697 people have recovered, taking the overall tally to 987,458.

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

A total of 1,009,116 cases have been diagnosed in the UAE so far, out of which 19,317 are currently active.

UAE announces 681 new COVID-19 cases, 697 recoveries, no deaths in last 24 hours#WamNews https://t.co/IeWuu9v0og pic.twitter.com/cDZeDEh5ed
— WAM English (@WAMNEWS_ENG) August 20, 2022

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