8 COVID deaths, 913 virus cases recorded Thursday

By JT - Sep 23,2021 - Last updated at Sep 23,2021

The share of tests returning a positive result, known as the positive rate, stood at nearly 2.98 per cent on Thursday, according to the government (Petra file photo)

AMMAN — Eight COVID-19 deaths and 913 virus cases were recorded in the Kingdom on Thursday, increasing the caseload to 817,487, the government announced.

The new fatalities took the Kingdom’s coronavirus death toll to 10,645, according to a joint statement issued by the Prime Ministry and the Ministry of Health.

The share of tests returning a positive result, known as the positive rate, stood at nearly 2.98 per cent.

A total of 30,650 virus tests were also conducted on Thursday, bringing the cumulative number of coronavirus tests administered since the outbreak of the pandemic to 9,890,698, according to the statement.

The statement added that 798 recoveries were registered in hospitals and home quarantine on Thursday, expecting the total number of recoveries after finishing the 14-day quarantine period to stand at 794,569.

The statement added that there are currently 12,237 active COVID-19 cases in Jordan.

A total of 77 COVID-19 patients were admitted to hospitals on Thursday, taking the number of patients currently receiving care for COVID-19 in hospitals to 485, the statement said, adding that 67 recovered patients left hospitals.

On hospital capacities, the statement revealed that in the northern region the occupancy rate of isolation beds occupied by COVID-19 patients reached 7 per cent, ICU beds reached 18 per cent, while occupancy rate of ventilators stood at 8 per cent.

In the central region, isolation bed occupancy rate reached 13 per cent, 27 per cent for ICUs and 10 per cent for ventilators.

The statement added that the southern region registered an isolation bed occupancy rate of 10 per cent, 10 per cent for ICUs and 13 per cent for ventilators.

The cases comprised 339 infections in Amman, 137 in Irbid, 39 in Balqa, 116 in Zarqa, 15 in Madaba, 41 in Aqaba, 52 in Mafraq, 26 in Jerash, 30 in Ajloun, 34 in Karak, 35 in Tafileh, 33 in Maan, 14 in Ramtha District, and two in Petra District.

The statement also added that the total number of people who received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine has reached 3,660,647 while 3,222,160 got their second shot.

The number of people who have registered on the vaccination platform has reached 4,102,955.

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