20 COVID deaths, 2,349 virus cases recorded Sunday

AMMAN — Twenty  COVID-19 deaths and 2,349 virus cases were recorded in the Kingdom on Sunday, increasing the caseload to 1,079,781, the government announced.

The new fatalities took the Kingdom’s coronavirus death toll to 12,856, 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 6.9 per cent.

A total of 33,985 virus tests were also conducted on Sunday, bringing the cumulative number of coronavirus tests administered since the outbreak of the pandemic to 13,851,545, according to the statement.

The statement added that 2,024 recoveries were registered in hospitals and home quarantine on Sunday, making the total number of recoveries to stand at 1,039,992 after finishing the 14-day quarantine period.

The statement added that there are currently 26,913 active COVID-19 cases in Jordan.

A total of 64 COVID-19 patients were admitted to hospitals on Sunday, taking the number of patients currently receiving care for COVID-19 in hospitals to 687, the statement said, adding that 71 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 15 per cent, ICU beds reached 31 per cent, while occupancy rate of ventilators stood at 16 per cent.

In the central region, isolation bed occupancy rate reached 16 per cent, 31 per cent for ICUs and 13 per cent for ventilators.

The statement added that the southern region registered an isolation beds occupancy rate of 9 per cent, 10 per cent for ICUs and 8 per cent for ventilators.

The statement added that the total number of people who received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine has reached 4,462,074, while 4,058,538 have gotten their second shot.