The Ministry of Health said Sunday that Jordan recorded 14 coronavirus deaths and 2,097 infections across the Kingdom, bringing the death toll from the pandemic to 11,128 and the caseload to 875,804.
According to the ministry’s daily brief, the number of currently active cases reached 24,394 with 71 admitted to hospitals today, adding that 61 cases have been discharged. It said that the total number of confirmed cases that are now hospitalized reached 639.
According to the daily report, the occupancy rate of isolation beds in the northern region was 18 per cent, intensive care beds was 41 per cent and ventilators 21 per cent.
The occupancy rate of isolation beds in the central region was at 15 percent, intensive care beds 31 per cent and ventilators 11 per cent, it said.
In the southern region, the occupancy rate of isolation beds was at 11 per cent, intensive care beds 21 per cent and ventilators 21 per cent, it said.
The ministry said that 1,602 Covid-19 patients have recovered, bringing the total number of expected recoveries by the end of the 14-day isolation period to 840,282.
It also said that 31,420 PCR tests were conducted today, bringing the total number of swab tests that had been collected since the beginning of the pandemic to 11,199,602, pointing out that the positivity rate for the day was about 6.67 per cent.
Some 4,004,226 received the first COVID-19 jab, while 3,570,387 received the two jabs, the brief added.
SOURCE: JORDAN NEWS AGENCY