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Daily coronavirus infections in the UAE have risen above 2,000 for the first time since June. Authorities on Wednesday recorded 2,234 new infections in the past 24 hours, without breaking down the cases by variant.

Daily cases had fallen below 100 in October but started to climb again in December.

As part of its intensified testing campaign, the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP), announced that it conducted 448,050 additional COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment.

The infected individuals are from various nationalities, are in a stable condition, and receiving the necessary care, according to the ministry.

The Health Ministry added that no COVID-19-related deaths have been recorded in the past 24 hours, with the total number of deaths in the country remaining at 2,160.

MoHAP also noted that an additional 775 individuals had fully recovered from COVID-19, bringing the total number of recoveries to 743,340.

Abu Dhabi this week reimposed restrictions requiring those entering the emirate from within the UAE to show proof of vaccination and negative PCR results, as of Thursday. It also instituted remote learning for the first two weeks of the new school term.

Mask-wearing in public has remained mandatory in the UAE, which does not give a breakdown of coronavirus cases for each emirate.