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Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

The UAE Health Ministry conducted 82,772 COVID-19 tests, and reported 574 new coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 70,805.

The ministry said there were no deaths in the country due to COVID in the past 24 hours, while 8,930 patients are still receiving treatment according to the followed health protocols.

The ministry announced the recovery of 560 patients from COVID-19, bringing the total number of cured cases in the country to 61,491.

More than 25.44 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 847,965? have died, according to a Reuters tally published on Tuesday.

Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.