15 COVID deaths, 811 virus cases recorded Sunday

AMMAN — Fifteen COVID-19 deaths and 811 virus cases were recorded in the Kingdom on Sunday, increasing the caseload to 795,161, the government announced.

The new fatalities took the Kingdom’s coronavirus death toll to 10,383, according to a joint statement issued by the Prime Ministry and the Ministry of Health.

The share of tests returning a positive result, known as positive rate, stood at nearly 2.9 per cent.

A total of 28,008 virus tests were also conducted on Sunday, bringing the cumulative number of coronavirus tests administered since the outbreak of the pandemic to 9,198,137, according to the statement.

The statement added that 1,183 recoveries were registered in hospitals and home quarantine on Sunday, bringing the total number of recoveries to 773,065.

The statement added that there are currently 11,713 active COVID-19 cases in Jordan.

A total of 75 COVID-19 patients were admitted to hospitals on Sunday, taking the number of patients currently receiving care for COVID-19 in hospitals to 611, the statement said, adding that 64 recovered patients left hospitals.

On hospital capacities, the statement revealed that in the northern region the occupancy rate of isolation beds occupied by COVID-19 patients reached 10 per cent, ICU beds reached 19 per cent, while occupancy rate of ventilators stood at 10 per cent.

In the central region, isolation bed occupancy rate reached 18 per cent, 26 per cent for ICUs and 11 per cent for ventilators.

The statement added that the southern region registered an isolation bed occupancy rate of 12 per cent, 12 per cent for ICUs and 9 per cent for ventilators.

The cases comprised 400 in Amman, 94 in Zarqa, 57 in Irbid, 48 in Tafileh, 32 in Balqa, 32 in Jerash, 28 in Aqaba, 23 in Karak, 23 in Mafraq, 23 in Maan, 21 in Ajloun, 16 in Petra District and 14 in Madaba. No cases were recorded in Ramtha District.

The statement also added that the total number of people who received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine has reached 3,433,313 while 2,894,252 have received their second shot.

The number of people who have registered on the vaccination platform has reached 3,920, 721.