UAE: Daily Covid-19 cases dip below 500 for the first time in 3 months

UAE: Daily Covid-19 cases dip below 500 for the first time in 3 months

Over 183.6 million PCR tests have been conducted in the country so far

By Web Desk Published: Wed 31 Aug 2022, 4:07 PM Last updated: Wed 31 Aug 2022, 4:53 PM

The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention on Wednesday reported 499 cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus, along with 618 recoveries and no deaths.

Total active cases stand at 18,699.

The new cases were detected through 282,974 additional tests.

The total number of cases in UAE as on August 31 are 1,015,398, while total recoveries stand at 994,358. The death toll now stands at 2,341.

Life expectancy in the United States — in 2021 — fell for the second year in a row to its lowest level since 1996, driven by Covid-19 deaths, according to provisional government data published on Wednesday.

The nearly one-year decline from 2020 to 76.1 years marked the largest two-year drop in life expectancy at birth — in close to a century — according to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Disparity in life expectancy between men and women also widened last year to the highest in over two decades, with men now expected to live 73.2 years, nearly six years lesser than women.

Deaths from Covid-19 contributed to half of the