UAE reports today’s Covid-19 cases, recoveries

UAE reports today’s Covid-19 cases, recoveries

Coronavirus: UAE reports 323 Covid-19 cases, 1,168 recoveries, no deaths

Total active cases stand at 35,815

By Web Desk Published: Tue 8 Mar 2022, 1:56 PM Last updated: Tue 8 Mar 2022, 2:02 PM

The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention on Tuesday reported 323 cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus, along with 1,168 recoveries and no deaths.

Total active cases stand at 35,815.

The new cases were detected through 302,508 additional tests.

The total number of cases in UAE as on March 8 are 883,593, while total recoveries stand at 854,476. The death toll now stands at 2,302.

Over 140.4 million PCR tests have been conducted across the country to date.

Covid-19 can cause the brain to shrink, reduce grey matter in the regions that control emotion and memory, and damage areas that control the sense of smell, an Oxford University study has found.

The scientists said that the effects were even seen in people who had not been hospitalised with Covid, and whether the impact could be partially reversed or if they would persist in the long term needed further investigation.

"There is strong evidence for brain-related abnormalities in Covid-19," the researchers said in their study, which was released on Monday.

Even in mild cases, participants in the research showed