The UAE has confirmed 1,710 new cases of COVID-19 from 195,166 tests.
As many as 1,551 people have been given the all-clear, taking the overall recovery tally to 497,140.
Another two more patients have died, bringing the total number of fatalities to 1,580.
A total of 516,301 cases have been diagnosed in the UAE so far, out of which 17,581 are currently active.
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