The UAE has recorded a total of 220,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered on Sunday — the highest in a single 24-hour period since the rollout of the National Vaccination Programme.
The country also ranks second globally in the daily vaccine distribution rate per 100 people, the National Emergency Crisis & Disasters Management Authority (NCEMA) said in a tweet.
On Sunday, the UAE announced 2,948 new cases of COVID-19 after conducting 184,260 tests. This brings the country’s total number of cases to 303,609.
Of this number, only 25,801 are currently active.
The new daily recoveries on Sunday reached 4,189, taking the overall recovery tally to 276,958.
Meanwhile, 12 more patients have died, bringing the total number of fatalities to 850.
