GCC Covid-19 update: UAE registers 1,538 cases; 451 infections confirmed in Oman

UAE
The Ministry of Health and Prevention has confirmed 1,538 new Covid-19 infections, its highest daily rise in new cases, since the virus broke out across the country earlier this year.

A similar number of cases were recorded on October 17.

Read: Covid-19 update: UAE reports 1,538 cases; highest daily rise since the outbreak

The new cases were detected as a result of 105,740 tests, conducted in the last 24 hours, to screen for the virus.

The health ministry also confirmed 1,501 additional recoveries and two fatalities.

The registered infection count has risen to 119,132, including 111,814 people who have since recovered from the virus and 472 patients who have succumbed to it.

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Oman
The Ministry of Health has registered 451 new coronavirus cases and 15 deaths across the sultanate.

In the past 24 hours, 418 recoveries were also reported.

The infections have now risen to 111,484 including 87,367 recoveries and 1,137 deaths, Times of Oman reported.

Bahrain
The kingdom recorded 217 new cases of the novel coronavirus infection, as a result of 10,360 tests carried out on October 20, 2020.