Day: August 31, 2021

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Government Policy

September fuel prices to go down

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources’ oil derivatives pricing committee said Tuesday it is reducing fuel prices for the month of September, but fixed the price of a cooking gas cylinder.

The price of 90-octane gasoline will go down by JD0.015 to JD0.815 per litre, 95-octane gasoline will drop JD0.020 to JD1.050 per litre, and diesel and kerosene down JD0.010 to JD0.605 per litre each. The price of a cooking gas cylinder remained at JD7.00 dinars.

The decision was announced during the committee’s monthly meeting to review the fluctuation in the global oil market and accordingly set the selling prices of oil derivatives locally.

It found that global crude prices dropped in the month of August, compared to July prices.

Average Brent crude prices fell to $70.7 per barrel in August, compared to $75 per barrel in July.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Health

Global COVID-19 deaths top 4.5mn

The total number of global COVID-19 deaths has surged to 4.5 million, as of Tuesday, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

The University, in its latest update, revealed that the current global coronavirus caseload toll has reached about 217.1 million. The total number of COVID-19 vaccinations administered was more than 5.2 billion.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Health

Tunisia reports drop in daily Covid fatalities

The Tunisian Ministry of Health on Tuesday announced that 7 new coronavirus deaths and 1,282 new cases were recorded over the last 24 hours, marking a significant drop in number of fatalities compared to the previous periods.

In a statement, the ministry said that the new deaths raised the death toll in the country to 23,451, while the caseload reached 664,034.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Health

13 Covid-19 deaths, 867 cases recorded Tuesday

Thirteen coronavirus deaths and 867 infections were registered Tuesday in the Kingdom, bringing the death toll from the pandemic to 10,411 and the total number of cases to 797,126, according to the Health Ministry.

It also said in its daily epidemiological report that positive tests today reached 3.35 per cent, and the number of currently active cases stood at 11,429, including 68 that were admitted to hospitals. A total of 597 confirmed cases are being hospitalized, it showed.

The ministry said that 888 Covid-19 patients have recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries expected after the 14-day isolation period to climb to 775,286, adding that 62 cases were discharged today.

It also said that the occupancy rate of isolation beds in the northern region was 8 per cent, intensive care beds 21 per cent and respirators 10 per cent.

In the Central region, the occupancy rate of isolation beds was at 18 per cent, intensive care beds 25 per cent and respirators 10 per cent, it said.

In the Southern Region, the occupancy rate of isolation beds was at 10 per cent, intensive care beds 16 per cent and ventilators 13 per cent, it said.

According to the daily brief, 25,873 PCR tests were collected across the Kingdom today, raising the total number of tests that have been taken since the start of the outbreak to 9,255,269.

It also said that a total of 3,462,502 have got the first Covid vaccine shot and 2,943,577 have been double-jabbed.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Affairs

Local revenue at JD3.7bln in first half of 2021, up 27pct

Local revenue jumped by a staggering JD795 million in the first half of the current year to a total of JD3.708 billion, indicating an increase of 27.3 percent from the figure reported in the same period in 2020.

According to Ministry of Finance’s data released Tuesday, the remarkable growth in domestic revenue is driven by a JD482.7 million, or 26.6 percent, increase in tax revenue and a JD312.3 million, or 54.7 percent, spike in non-tax revenue, in addition to the efforts exerted by the ministry and the Income and Sales Tax Department to crackdown on tax evasion and avoidance, expand the tax base and improve voluntary tax commitment.

The ministry indicated that capital spending during the first half of the current year hiked by JD174.6 million, or 82.8 percent, compared to the same period last year.

The ratio of capital spending to public expenditures also increased during the first half of this year, reaching 8 percent, compared to 7 percent and 5 percent during the same period for the years 2019 and 2020, respectively.

The actual capital spending, the ministry pointed out, constituted 34.5 percent of the estimated figure in the public budget, against 25 percent and 17 percent during the same period of 2019 and 2020 respectively.

The actual capital spending for this year, it said, is higher than the actual average spending in previous years, which amounted to 30 percent. The ministry also explained that spending on capital projects is usually larger during the third and fourth quarters of the year as projects often begin during these periods.

On the debt side, preliminary data showed that the ratio of general debt to the estimated Gross Domestic Product for this year amounted to 74.4 percent, compared to 73 percent in 2020.

Source: Jordan News Agency