Kingdom sees 5,039 COVID cases, highest in months

  • Date: 17-Jan-2022
  • Source: Jordan Times
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:Jordan
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Kingdom sees 5,039 COVID cases, highest in months

AMMAN — Eighteen COVID-19 deaths and 5,039 virus cases were recorded in the Kingdom on Monday, increasing the caseload to 1,106,006, the government announced.

The new fatalities took the Kingdom’s coronavirus death toll to 13,004, 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 the positive rate, stood at nearly 13.02 per cent, while the daily death rate among COVID-19 patients was 0.4 per cent.