UAE: Covid cases dip to lowest this year; recoveries higher than infections

UAE: Covid cases dip to lowest this year; recoveries higher than infections

UAE doctors had earlier said that the Omicron variant-driven wave has reached its peak in the country.

Published: Mon 7 Feb 2022, 2:43 PM Last updated: Mon 7 Feb 2022, 2:45 PM

The UAE’s daily Covid-19 cases dipped to its lowest this year as the country recorded 1,704 infections on February 7. Additionally, the number of recoveries (1,992) was higher than infections for the first time in weeks.

Monday’s tally of 1,704 cases marked the second time in three days when daily cases dipped below the 2,000-mark. On February 5, the country had reported 1,991 cases.

Daily infections breached the 2,000-mark on December 29 last year. This was days after the country had successfully brought down the number of daily cases to less than 50 on December 6. It crossed the 3,100-mark in mid-January, 2022, before stabilising just over the 2,000-mark.

Monday’s record dip in the number of cases comes on the back of a robust vaccination campaign that has seen 100 per cent eligible UAE residents receive at least one dose, and close to 95 per cent fully vaccinated.

The focus currently is on giving booster doses to fully vaccinated individuals, and giving the jab to children. Sinopharm vaccines are available to children as young