19 COVID deaths, 11,833 virus cases recorded Sunday

AMMAN — Nineteen COVID-19 deaths and 11,833 virus cases were recorded in the Kingdom on Sunday, increasing the caseload since the start of the pandemic to 1,209,083, the government announced.

The new fatalities took the Kingdom’s coronavirus death toll to 13,193, according to a joint statement issued by the Prime Ministry and the Ministry of Health.

The share of tests returning a positive result stood at 24.84 per cent.

A total of 47,644 virus tests were also conducted on Sunday, bringing the cumulative number of coronavirus tests administered since the start of the pandemic to 14,639,841, according to the statement.

The statement added that 6,309 recoveries were registered in hospitals and home quarantine on Sunday, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,116,037.

The statement added that there are currently 79,853 active COVID-19 cases in Jordan.

A total of 198 COVID-19 patients were admitted to hospitals on Sunday, taking the number of patients currently receiving care for COVID-19 in hospitals to 899, while 146 recovered patients left hospitals, the statement said.

Additionally, the statement revealed that in the northern region the occupancy rate of isolation beds occupied by COVID-19 patients reached 14 per cent, ICU beds reached 30 per cent, while the occupancy rate of ventilators stood at 8 per cent.

In the central region, isolation bed occupancy rate reached 28 per cent, 40 per cent for ICUs and 18 per cent for ventilators.

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

The cases comprised 6,417 infections in Amman, 1,187 in Irbid, 873 in Zarqa, 1,026 in Balqa, 283 in Jerash, 253 in Ajloun, 282 in Karak, 332 in Madaba, 401 in Mafraq, 303 in Aqaba, 185 in Maan, 180 in Ramtha District, 111 in Tafileh, while no cases were reported in Petra District.

The statement also added that the total number of people who received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine has reached 4,576,376 while 4,211,516 have received their second shot.

The number of people who have registered on the vaccination platform has reached 4,851,398.