Dr. Omar Al Hammadi, the official spokesman of the UAE government news briefing on the developments of COVID-19:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Briefing the health status within the past 7 days, starting from September 23 until today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 6,643 positive cases were recorded out of 668,377 tests performed in the period from September 23 till today, which represents 1% of the total number of tests, compared to 0.8% of the previous week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Males represented 62% of the total cases while females represented 38%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 58% of the cases are between 25 and 44 years of age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 The death rate increased within the 7 days from 0.1% to 0.3%, which is less than 1%, compared to other countries of the world which reached 8%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 A person is considered to be in close contact with a positive case if the distance between them was less than two meters, and for a period of not less than 15 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 A contact with a positive case is considered two days before the symptom\u2019s outset, or two days before the test results in case the infected person was asymptomatic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Saif Al Dhaheri, the official spokesperson of the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some statistics on the precautionary measures violations recorded in the UAE during two-week period from 1 to 15 September:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 24,894 violations were recorded in the various regions of the UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 The Asian nationality recorded the highest violations at 81%, followed by Arab nationality at 19%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Most violations were in the emirate of Dubai, followed by Abu Dhabi, then Sharjah, Ajman, Fujairah, Umm Al-Quwain, and lastly Ras Al-Khaimah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Today we announce the return of the sports competitions in the country with specific procedures and guidelines that limit the spread of the novel Coronavirus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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