By Joanne Serrieh

DUBAI -- The United Arab Emirates saw a spike in daily cases recorded two weeks after easing restrictions with 781 new cases confirmed over the past 24 hours, raising the total to 19,198, the health ministry announced on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the ministry announced that 13 people of different nationalities who had tested positive for the virus died due to complications, raising the death toll reached 198. However, the UAE has maintained its higher recovery rate with an additional 509 new recoveries raising the total to 4,804.

In the capital Abu Dhabi, UAE authorities have launched a new mobile coronavirus screening center as part of efforts to support preventive and precautionary measures being taken by the country to contain the global pandemic. -- Al Arabiya English