Jordan reported 109 new deaths from COVID-19 on Monday, the highest daily death toll since the pandemic surfaced in the Middle Eastern kingdom a year ago, the health ministry said.
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Medical staff members and citizens said that the new number is alarming, calling on people to follow public safety measures to curb the spread of the virus.
The ministry also reported 9,269 new confirmed coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours on Monday, taking the cumulative total to 544,724 cases along with 5,985 deaths.
The government, which says there are 3,277 COVID-19 patients being treated in hospitals, is facing a crisis with some hospitals reaching capacity, especially in the capital Amman and outskirts where over 4 million people live.
In the central provinces that include the capital Amman and the industrial city of Zarqa, which account for two-thirds of the country's population of 10 million, occupancy in intensive care wards in hospitals was at 78% on Monday.
