UAE leads global rankings in containing COVID-19: Media briefing

UAE leads global rankings in containing COVID-19: Media briefing

Al Hammadi presented several positive indices that reflect the solid performance of the involved teams from various sectors in countering the virus, which highlighted the fact that the UAE ranked first globally in terms of the number of coronavirus tests performed in July and August 2020 in relation to the population, and in July, the average number of daily tests amounted to 47,857, equivalent to 483.9 tests per day for every 100,000 people, which is the highest-rate globally. In August, the average number of daily tests amounted to 65,106, equivalent to 658.3 tests per day for every 100,000 people.He then noted that 1,483,576 lab tests were carried out in July around the country to ensure that members of the community were not infected. August witnessed a 36 percent increase from