7 COVID deaths, 767 virus cases recorded Monday

AMMAN — Seven COVID-19 deaths and 767 virus cases were recorded in the Kingdom on Monday, increasing the caseload to 757,690, the government announced.

The new fatalities took the Kingdom’s coronavirus death toll to 9,843, 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 3.72 per cent, while daily death rate among COVID-19 patients was 0.9 per cent.

A total of 20,640 virus tests were also conducted on Monday, bringing the cumulative number of coronavirus tests administered since the outbreak of the pandemic to 8,105,340, according to the statement.

The statement added that 497 recoveries were registered in hospitals and home quarantine on Monday, expecting the total number of recoveries after finishing the 14-day quarantine period to stand at 740,546.

The statement added that there are currently 7,301 active COVID-19 cases in Jordan.

A total of 60 COVID-19 patients were admitted to hospitals on Monday, taking the number of patients currently receiving care for COVID-19 in hospitals to 489, the statement said, adding that 55 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 8 per cent, ICU beds reached 15 per cent, while occupancy rate of ventilators stood at 9 per cent.

In the central region, isolation bed occupancy rate reached 14 per cent, 23 per cent for ICUs and 7 per cent for ventilators.

The statement added that the southern region registered an isolation bed occupancy rate of 6 per cent, 11 per cent for ICUs and 8 per cent for ventilators.

The cases comprised 352 infections in Amman, 144 in Zarqa, 99 in Irbid, 45 in Jerash, 31 in Balqa, 17 in Karak, 16 in Mafraq, 15 in Madaba, 15 in Maan, 13 in Tafileh, nine in Ajloun, two in Aqaba, and nine in Ramtha district, while no cases were recorded in Petra district.

The statement also added that the total number of people who received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine has reached 2,658,675, while 1,707,622 got their second shot.

The number of people who have registered on the vaccination platform has reached 3,341,685.