12 COVID deaths, 782 virus cases recorded Thursday

AMMAN — Twelve COVID-19 deaths and 782 virus cases were recorded in the Kingdom on Thursday, increasing the caseload to 787,367, the government announced.

The new fatalities took the Kingdom’s coronavirus death toll to 10,264, 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 positive rate, stood at nearly 2.82 per cent.

A total of 27,749 virus tests were also conducted on Thursday, bringing the cumulative number of coronavirus tests administered since the outbreak of the pandemic to 8,924,446, according to the statement.

The statement added that 531 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 764,987.

The statement added that there are currently 12,116 active COVID-19 cases in Jordan.

A total of 90 COVID-19 patients were admitted to hospitals on Thursday, taking the number of patients currently receiving care for COVID-19 in hospitals to 661, the statement said, adding that 69 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 10 per cent, ICU beds reached 16 per cent, while occupancy rate of ventilators stood at 10 per cent.

In the central region, isolation bed occupancy rate reached 19 per cent, 33 per cent for ICUs and 12 per cent for ventilators.

The statement added that the southern region registered an isolation bed occupancy rate of 13 per cent, 15 per cent for ICUs and 9 per cent for ventilators.

The cases comprised 377 infections in Amman, 71 in Irbid, 54 in Balqa, 148 in Zarqa, nine in Madaba, 13 in Aqaba, 12 in Mafraq, 30 in Jerash, 12 in Ajloun, 11 in Karak, 27 in Tafileh and eight in Maan.