The UFC seems to have left Abu Dhabi at just the right time. UFC 257 closed out a three-event run on Fight Island just as COVID-19 cases climbed to record highs in the United Arab Emirates.
According to The National, the UAE saw a record 17 deaths on Tuesday, February 9. The previous high had been 14. The UAE reached that number on Friday. Also on Tuesday, the number of new cases of COVID-19 in the UAE was 3,310. The number of active cases in the country stands at 18,596. The total number of deaths in the UAE is 947.