<p>The United Arab Emirates, with a population of around 9.9 million people, surpassed 100,000 recorded cases of Covid-19 infection on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The UAE, whose tally stands at 100,794 infections and 421 deaths, has seen the number of daily new cases surge over the past two months from 164 on Aug. 3 to a new high of 1,231 cases on Saturday.</p>.<p>Authorities have blamed people's poor adherence to social distancing for the rise. The government does not disclose where in the seven emirates that make up the UAE the cases occur.</p>.<p>On Tuesday it recorded 1,061 new infections and 6 deaths.</p>.<p>The UAE has a high per capita rate of Covid-19 tests. The country has carried out more than 10 million tests so far, the government statistics authority says.</p>.<p>The six states that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members have between them recorded 847,608 cases of infection with 7,419 deaths, a Reuters tally shows.</p>
<p>The United Arab Emirates, with a population of around 9.9 million people, surpassed 100,000 recorded cases of Covid-19 infection on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The UAE, whose tally stands at 100,794 infections and 421 deaths, has seen the number of daily new cases surge over the past two months from 164 on Aug. 3 to a new high of 1,231 cases on Saturday.</p>.<p>Authorities have blamed people's poor adherence to social distancing for the rise. The government does not disclose where in the seven emirates that make up the UAE the cases occur.</p>.<p>On Tuesday it recorded 1,061 new infections and 6 deaths.</p>.<p>The UAE has a high per capita rate of Covid-19 tests. The country has carried out more than 10 million tests so far, the government statistics authority says.</p>.<p>The six states that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members have between them recorded 847,608 cases of infection with 7,419 deaths, a Reuters tally shows.</p>