The Ministry of Health said Tuesday that it recorded 11 coronavirus deaths and 1,746 infections across the Kingdom, bringing the death toll from the pandemic to 10,976 and the caseload to 854,758.
According to the ministry’s daily brief, the number of currently active cases reached 18,789 with 83 admitted to hospitals today, adding that 78 cases have been discharged. It said that the total number of confirmed cases that are now hospitalized reached 581.
According to the daily report, the occupancy rate of isolation beds in the northern region was 16 per cent, intensive care beds was 28 per cent and ventilators 15 per cent.
The occupancy rate of isolation beds in the central region was at 15 percent, intensive care beds 29 per cent and ventilators 10 per cent, it said.
In the southern region, the occupancy rate of isolation beds was at 11 per cent, intensive care beds 15 per cent and ventilators 13 per cent, it said.
The ministry said that 1,286 Covid-19 patients have recovered, bringing the total number of expected recoveries by the end of the 14-day isolation period to 824,993.
It also said that 33,021 PCR tests were conducted today, bringing the total number of swab tests that had been collected since the beginning of the pandemic to 10,809,943, pointing out that the positivity rate for the day was about 5.29 per cent.
Source: Jordan News Agency