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32 virus deaths, 3,023 cases registered Tuesday

The Ministry of Health announced Tuesday it recorded 32 coronavirus deaths and 3,023 infections across the Kingdom, bringing the death toll from the pandemic to 12,300 and the caseload to 1,043,266.The positivity rate of PCR tests collected today was 7…

The Ministry of Health announced Tuesday it recorded 32 coronavirus deaths and 3,023 infections across the Kingdom, bringing the death toll from the pandemic to 12,300 and the caseload to 1,043,266.

The positivity rate of PCR tests collected today was 7.09 per cent, according to the daily media brief by the ministry.

It said that the number of currently active cases reached 55,107 cases, with 163 cases admitted to hospitals today and 147 left hospitals. A total of 1,236 cases are still being hospitalized, it said.

The ministry said that the occupancy rate of isolation beds in the northern region was 29 per cent, intensive care beds 47 per cent and respirators 30 per cent.

The occupancy rate of isolation beds in the central region was at 31 per cent, intensive care beds 50 per cent and respirators 26 per cent, it said.

In the southern region, the occupancy rate of isolation beds was 11%, intensive care 17% and respirators 14%, the daily figures showed.

It also said 5,180 Covid-19 patients have recovered, bringing expected total recoveries after the end of the 14-day isolation period to 975,859.

The daily report also showed that the number of those who got the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine reached 4,287,150 and the number of people who got double vaccinated climbed to 3,876,060.

Source: jordan News Agency