Ammon News -

 The Ministry of Health announced 9 Covid-19 fatalities and 479 new cases were recorded in the Kingdom on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 9, 570 and the caseload to 742, 178.

There are currently 8, 139 active COVID-19 cases in Jordan, announced the media statement issued by the Prime Ministry and the Ministry of Health.

The statement added that the number of hospitalizations today stood at 64, while 47 patients have recovered and discharged, the statement noted.

According to the briefing, the total number of recoveries recorded on Thursday, whether at hospitals or at home, stood at 620, bringing the total to 724,469 since the outbreak began.

Moreover, the number of Covid-19 patients still receiving treatment at hospitals countrywide has reached 478.

The statement also indicated that occupancy of the ICU bed capacity has hit 16%, 25%, and 8%, in the northern, central, and southern regions, respectively.
With regard to testing, 21,629 tests were conducted Thursday, 2.21 percent of which were positive.

Since March, 2020, the total number of tests administered has increased to 7,493,032, the joint statement noted.

The statement added that 1,898,289 people received the first Covid-19 vaccine dose countrywide, while the tally of 2nd jab recipients hit 616, 725, noting 2,823, 984 people have so far registered on the gov't platform designed to arrange schedule of vaccine rollout.