17 COVID deaths, 888 virus cases recorded on Thursday

AMMAN — Seventeen COVID-19 deaths and 888 virus cases were recorded in the Kingdom on Thursday, increasing the caseload to 805,214, the government announced.

The new fatalities took the Kingdom’s coronavirus death toll to 10,518 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 the positive rate, stood at nearly 3.02 per cent.

A total of 29,450 virus tests were also conducted on Thursday, bringing the cumulative number of coronavirus tests administered since the outbreak of the pandemic to 9,504,180, according to the statement.

The statement added that 787 recoveries were registered in hospitals and home quarantine on Thursday, expecting the total number of recoveries after finishing the 14-day quarantine period to stand at 782,664.

The statement added that there are currently 12,032 active COVID-19 cases in Jordan.

A total of 60 COVID-19 patients were admitted to hospitals on Thursday, taking the number of patients currently receiving care for COVID-19 in hospitals to 527, the statement said, adding that 54 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 18 per cent, while occupancy rate of ventilators stood at 8 per cent.

In the central region, isolation bed occupancy rate reached 14 per cent, 26 per cent ICUs and 9 per cent for ventilators.

The statement added that the southern region registered an isolation beds occupancy rate of 6 per cent, 14 per cent for ICUs and 9 per cent for ventilators.

The cases comprised 420 infections in Amman, 109 in Irbid, 27 in Balqa, 96 in Zarqa, 11 in Madaba, 25 in Aqaba, 17 in Mafraq, 52 in Jerash, 18 in Ajloun, 31 in Karak, 49 in Tafileh, 23 in Maan, six in Ramtha District, and four in Petra District.

The statement also added that the total number of people who received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine has reached 3,553,514, while 3,063,947 got their second shot.

The number of people who have registered on the vaccination platform has reached 4,013,510.