Jordan ‘number one in region’ for COVID deaths and cases

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Al-Araby

Beirut – Jordan is number one in the region for COVID-19 deaths and cases per 100,000 people, former Jordanian Minister of Health Saad Kharabsheh revealed on Tuesday in a televised interview. In recent weeks, Jordan has entered what local health officials are calling the “third wave” of the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 6,000 cases were reported on Tuesday, up from 2,000 just a month prior. Worryingly, the test positivity rate is over 10 percent across the country. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says that any positivity rate over 5 percent indicates severe under-testing in a population, su…