UAE logs 2,721 new Covid-19 cases, 15 deaths

The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention on Tuesday reported 2,721 cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus, along with 1,666 recoveries and 15 deaths.

The new cases were detected through 225,159 additional tests.

Over 31 million tests have been



conducted across the UAE to date as part of the country's massive screening programmes to combat the spread of Covid-19.

The total number of cases in UAE as on March 2 are 396,771 while total recoveries stand at 383,998. The death toll rises to 1,253.