10 COVID deaths, 723 virus cases recorded Monday

AMMAN — Ten COVID-19 deaths and 723 virus cases were recorded in the Kingdom on Monday, increasing the caseload to 736,534.

The new fatalities took the Kingdom’s coronavirus death toll to 9,462, according to a Health Ministry statement.

The statement added that there are currently 11,276 active COVID-19 cases in Jordan.

A total of 78 COVID-19 patients were admitted to hospitals on Monday, taking the number of patients currently receiving care for COVID-19 in hospitals to 591, the statement said, adding that 103 recovered patients left hospitals.

On hospitals 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 24 per cent, while occupancy rate of ventilators stood at 15 per cent.

In the central region, isolation bed occupancy rate reached 14 per cent, 25 per cent for ICUs and 10 per cent for ventilators.

The statement added that the southern region registered an isolation beds occupancy rate of 6 per cent, 10 per cent for ICUs and 8 per cent for ventilators.

The statement added that 1,174 recoveries were registered in hospitals and home quarantine on Monday, bringing the total number of recoveries to 715,796.

A total of 27,847 virus tests were also conducted on Monday, bringing the cumulative number of coronavirus tests administered since the outbreak of the pandemic to 7,288,345, according to the statement.

The share of tests returning a positive result, known as positive rate, stood at nearly 2.6 per cent.