Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Eight new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Jordan on Sunday brining the total caseload to 389, of which 181 active cases still receiving treatment at hospitals, Minister of Health Sa'ed Jabir announced.

Speaking at the daily media update, the minister said the new cases include 3 persons from an apartment building in Hashemi Shamali in northeastern Amman and the son of a confirmed case. Jabir added that the other three cases were detected by random testing and they include a man and his wife.

With regard to the last three cases, the minister indicated that investigations are underway to find out how they contracted the disease. Furthermore, 24 cases have recovered and were discharged from hospitals, brining the total number of recovered cases to 201. The death tally remains at 7.

According to Jabir, his ministry decided to increase epidemiological investigation teams to 40 to expand random testing and investigate cases of unknown origin.

To this evening, the tally stands as follows:

Total cases: 381
Active cases: 181
Recovered cases: 201
Deaths: 7