AMMAN — Five COVID-19 deaths and 646 virus cases were recorded in the Kingdom on Wednesday, increasing the caseload to 754,927, the government announced.

The new fatalities took the Kingdom’s coronavirus death toll to 9,800, 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 2.89 per cent.

A total of 22,352 virus tests were also conducted on Wednesday, bringing the cumulative number of coronavirus tests administered since the outbreak of the pandemic to 8,011,530, according to the statement.

The statement added that 582 recoveries were registered in hospitals and home quarantine on Wednesday, making the total number of recoveries to stand at 738,303 after finishing the 14-day quarantine period.

The statement added that there are currently 6,824 active COVID-19 cases in Jordan.

A total of 63 COVID-19 patients were admitted to hospitals on Wednesday, taking the number of patients currently receiving care for COVID-19 in hospitals to 492, the statement said, adding that 44 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 12 per cent, while occupancy rate of ventilators stood at 5 per cent.

In the central region, isolation bed occupancy rate reached 14 per cent, 26 per cent for ICUs and 8 per cent for ventilators.

The statement added that the southern region registered an isolation beds occupancy rate of 6 per cent, 8 per cent for ICUs and 5 per cent for ventilators.

The cases comprised 343 infections in Amman, 59 in Irbid, 24 in Balqa, 116 in Zarqa, four in Madaba, 14 in Aqaba, 13 in Mafraq, 18 in Jerash, 10 in Ajloun, 15 in Karak, 11 in Tafileh and 14 in Maan.

The statement also added that the total number of people who received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine has reached 2,586,787, while 1,593,593 got their second shot.

The number of people who have registered on the vaccination platform has reached 3,300,989.

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