13 COVID deaths, 567 virus cases recorded on Saturday

AMMAN — Thirteen COVID-19 deaths and 567 virus cases were recorded in the Kingdom on Saturday, increasing the caseload to 832,399, the government announced.

The new fatalities took the Kingdom’s coronavirus death toll to 10,802, according to a joint statement issued by the Prime Ministry and Ministry of Health.

The share of tests returning a positive result, known as positive rate, stood at nearly 2.89 per cent.

A total of 19,634 virus tests were also conducted on Saturday, bringing the cumulative number of coronavirus tests administered since the outbreak of the pandemic to 10,313,951, according to the statement.

The statement added that 987 recoveries were registered in hospitals and home quarantine on Saturday, bringing the total number of recoveries to 807,994.

The statement added that there are currently 13,603 active COVID-19 cases in Jordan.

A total of 74 COVID-19 patients were admitted to hospitals on Saturday, taking the number of patients currently receiving care for COVID-19 in hospitals to 451, the statement said, adding that 46 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 8 per cent, ICU beds reached 27 per cent, while the occupancy rate of ventilators stood at 11 per cent. 

In the central region, isolation bed occupancy rate reached 12 per cent, 22 per cent for ICUs and 8 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 13 per cent for ventilators.

The cases comprised 152 in Amman, 108 in Irbid, 70 in Zarqa, 63 in Aqaba, 45 in Maan, 30 in Balqa, 24 in Karak, 19 in Madaba, 12 in Tafileh, 12 in Jerash, 11 in Ramtha District, 11 in Ajloun, nine in Mafraq and one in Petra District

The statement also added that the total number of people who received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine has reached 3,776,430, while 3,361,057 have gotten their second shot.

The number of people who have registered on the vaccination platform has reached 4,188,361.