740 news cases of COVID-19 in the UAE

Wednesday, 23 February 2022 14:47

By ARN News Staff

The UAE has confirmed 740 new cases of COVID-19 from 461,925 tests in the past 24 hours.

Another 1,956 people have recovered, taking the overall tally to 824,971.

One person has died, bringing the total number of fatalities to 2,298.

A total of 876,624 cases have been diagnosed in the UAE so far, out of which 49,355 are currently active.

#UAE announces 740 new #COVID19 cases, 1,956 recoveries, 1 death in last 24 hours#WamNews pic.twitter.com/dNdJXvL4NS
— WAM English (@WAMNEWS_ENG) February 23, 2022

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