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Qatar, U.A.E. Lead Gulf Region in New Coronavirus Cases

Foreign workers stand in line as they wait to be checked for the novel coronavirus at a testing centre in the Al Quaz area of Dubai on April 18.

Photographer: Karim Sahib/AFP via Getty Images

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Qatar and the United Arab Emirates reported their biggest daily jump in coronavirus cases on Tuesday after the World Health Organization attributed the increased numbers in the Gulf to “active outreach and increased testing.”