The UAE has confirmed 1,772 new cases of COVID-19 from 156,940 tests.
As many as 1,769 people have been given the all-clear, taking the overall recovery tally to 506,020.
Another three patients have died, bringing the total number of fatalities to 1,596.
A total of 525,567 cases have been diagnosed in the UAE so far, out of which 17,951 are currently active.

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