9 COVID deaths, 1,072 virus cases recorded on Sunday

AMMAN — Nine COVID-19 deaths and 1,072 virus cases were recorded in the Kingdom on Sunday, increasing the caseload to 833,471, the government announced.

The new fatalities took the Kingdom’s coronavirus death toll to 10,811, 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 3.91 per cent.

A total of 27,452 virus tests were also conducted on Sunday, bringing the cumulative number of coronavirus tests administered since the outbreak of the pandemic to 10,341,403, according to the statement.

The statement added that 1,015 recoveries were registered in hospitals and home quarantine on Sunday, bringing the total number of recoveries to 808,972.

The statement added that there are currently 13,688 active COVID-19 cases in Jordan.

A total of 67 COVID-19 patients were admitted to hospitals on Sunday, taking the number of patients currently receiving care for COVID-19 in hospitals to 473, the statement said, adding that 34 recovered patients have 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 9 per cent, ICU beds reached 28 per cent, while the occupancy rate of ventilators stood at 10 per cent.

In the central region, isolation bed occupancy rate reached 13 per cent, 22 per cent for ICUs and 7 per cent for ventilators.

The statement added that the southern region registered an isolation bed occupancy rate of 8 per cent, 16 per cent for ICUs and 14 per cent for ventilators.

The cases comprised 479 in Amman, 144 in Irbid, 77 in Zarqa, 69 in Balqa, 45 in Karak, 19 in Maan, 27 in Jerash, 73 in Aqaba, 43 in Ajloun, 49 in Mafraq, 19 in Tafileh, 27 in Madaba, one in Petra District, while no infections 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 3,784,104, while 3,369,508 have gotten their second shot.

The number of people who have registered on the vaccination platform has reached 4,194,494.