The UAE recorded 2,167 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday.
The latest infections brought the country’s total number of cases since the pandemic began to 563,215.
Another 2,137 patients overcame the virus, taking the number of recoveries to 543,023.
Three people died, taking total fatalities to 1,664. Active cases stand at 18,528.
The figures came after 225,957 tests were carried out.
New cases have increased in recent days from lows of about 1,200 last week. However, they have fallen from highs of almost 4,000 in January.
Authorities have co-ordinated one of the world’s fastest vaccination drives and widespread testing to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
There have been almost 50 million tests and in excess of 12.4 million vaccine doses administered since the pandemic began.
Abu Dhabi's door-to-door testing drive - in pictures
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A team of medics, volunteers and police officers in central Abu Dhabi during a nighttime testing drive. Farha Sameer Baker, right, is head of operations at Tamouh Health Care. All photos by Victor Besa / The National -
Abu Dhabi's government has run door-to-door testing since May 2020. The intention is to identify and isolate cases and drive down community transmissions. -
Maram Herzallah conducts a test on a resident in the corridor outside her home. -
About 15,000 people a day are tested by the team across Abu Dhabi city and Al Ain. -
Medics work with the police given that they often have to close streets for periods of time. -
Nurse Maram Herzallah has her PPE gear checked by a colleague before starting her shift for the night. -
Screening staff are volunteers but most work in the emergency services or in hospitals by day. -
Staff must work diligently to process thousands of samples. People receive their results on the government's Al Hosn tracing app. -
Police work with medics to perform door-to-door testing on an Abu Dhabi street. -
The crew is 100 per cent mobile and carries all the equipment they need to test thousands of people each night. -
The nature of their work means changing their PPE gear frequently. -
Medics sort through Emirates IDs, which are needed to store data and deliver results. -
A group of residents are tested inside one of the crew's screening vans. Volunteers avoid going into people's homes as a precaution. -
Staff at a dry cleaners receive a nasal swab test. -
A police officer stores samples in a cool box until they can be processed. -
A shop worker is tested by a medic. -
The volunteers cover several areas of the city each week. -
Volunteers says they are proud to play their part in tackling the pandemic and driving down cases.
