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Coronavirus: UAE reports 1,027 Covid-19 cases, 1,253 recoveries, 3 deaths

Dubai - More than 20.3 million Covid-19 tests have been carried out in the UAE so far.

Published: Mon 28 Dec 2020, 1:59 PM

Updated: Mon 28 Dec 2020, 2:16 PM

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The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention on Monday reported 1,027 cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus, along with 1,253 recoveries.

Three deaths were also reported.


As many as new 100,946 Covid-19 tests were carried out, taking the total number of tests carried out in the country to nearly 20 million so far.

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