Coronavirus: UAE reports 1,930 Covid-19 cases, 1,503 recoveries, 4 deaths

Dubai - Over 41.7 million tests have been conducted across the country to date.

By Web report

Published: Sun 18 Apr 2021, 3:29 PM

Last updated: Sun 18 Apr 2021, 4:07 PM

The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention on Sunday reported 1,930 cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus, along with 1,503 recoveries and 4 deaths.

The new cases were detected through 203,347 additional tests.

The total number of cases in UAE as on April 18 are 497,154, while total recoveries stand at 479,566. The death toll rises to 1,554.

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