Today, Sunday, the Ministry of Health announced that 9 deaths and 5,417 cases of virus were recorded during the 30th epidemiological week of 2022, which extends from July 23 to 29, with an increase of about 14 percent of infections.

And the ministry indicated, in a summary of the weekly report that reached the Jordan News Agency (Petra), that the number of PCR examinations that were conducted during the 30th week amounted to 36,256 examinations, compared to 40,380 examinations during the previous week, with a decrease of about 10%, reaching The rate of positive tests is 14.8 percent, compared to 11.8 percent during the previous epidemiological week. The number of cases currently receiving treatment in hospitals reached 56, compared to 52 during the previous week, No. 29.
The report indicated that the number of active cases amounted to 4,539 cases, compared to 3,896 cases during the previous week, an increase of about 17 percent.

Regarding the vaccination file, the ministry explained that the number of doses given during the 30th week amounted to 1862 for the first dose, compared to 2041 for the previous week, for the second dose was 1668 compared to 1826, and for the third dose was 1291 compared to 1514, with a total of 4811, compared to 5381 during the previous week. And a decrease of about 11 percent from the previous week.

He pointed out that the total number of the first dose reached 4810561, about 75.2 percent of the target group 18 years and over, and in the second dose 4548793 and 71 percent of the target group, while the total number of the third dose is 671,544 doses.

As for the vaccination in the age group 12-17 years, the first dose amounted to 237946 at a rate of 25 percent, and for the second dose 202912 at a rate of 20 percent. As for the vaccination in the age group 5-11 years, the first dose amounted to 302 and the second dose was 223.