Nine COVID deaths, 1,183 virus cases recorded Monday

AMMAN — Nine COVID-19 deaths and 1,183 virus cases were recorded in the Kingdom on Monday, increasing the caseload to 784,631, the government announced.

The new fatalities took the Kingdom’s coronavirus death toll to 10,222, 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 4.27 per cent, while daily death rate among COVID-19 patients was 0.8 per cent.

A total of 27,681 virus tests were also conducted on Monday, bringing the cumulative number of coronavirus tests administered since the outbreak of the pandemic to 8,840,941, according to the statement.

The statement added that 914 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 762,251.

The statement added that there are currently 11,888 active COVID-19 cases in Jordan.

A total of 81 COVID-19 patients were admitted to hospitals on Monday, taking the number of patients currently receiving care for COVID-19 in hospitals to 649, the statement said, adding that 120 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 11 per cent, ICU beds reached 19 per cent, while occupancy rate of ventilators stood at 11 per cent.

In the central region, isolation bed occupancy rate reached 19 per cent, 30 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 10 per cent for ventilators.

The cases comprised 506 infections in Amman, 176 in Zarqa, 93 in Irbid, 76 in Maan, 67 in Tafileh, 67 in Balqa, 46 in Karak, 43 in Jerash, 22 in Mafraq, 22 in Aqaba, 21 in Petra District, 20 in Madaba, 15 in Ajloun and nine in Ramtha District. 

The statement also added that the total number of people who received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine has reached 3,279,754 while 2,565,875  have received their second shot.

The number of people who have registered on the vaccination platform has reached 3,804,425.