Jordan - Government media reports 5th coronavirus MERS death which is the 8th case in the current cluster - September 8, 2015

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Jordan reports 5th Coronavirus death

Amman, September 8 (Petra) -- A citizen in his fifties was announced dead due to coronavirus infection, bringing the death toll from the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) to 5 in Jordan, the Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday evening. The deceased was admitted to a private hospital in Amman as he was suffering from pressure, diabetes and cardiac ischemia, according to a ministry statement. //Petra// AF 8/9/2015 - 10:22:19 PM http://www.petra.gov.jo/Public_News/...e=Home&GType=1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This announcement indicates that this case is the 5th death of 2015 and therefore, is a new case. All other previous cases are in other age ranges: A man, 56, was reported by Petra as a death on September 1 as the 2nd coronavirus MERS death in 2015: #1526 - Male 56, onset August 18, nosocomial, died September 1, Jordan Death link WHO --------------------------------------------------- Our Jordan coronavirus MERS list previous to this case: 1) #1506 - Male, 60, onset July 31, hospitalized August 10, Jordan citizen, hospitalized in Amman in critical condition, on July 28 returned from Saudi Arabia Death WHO 2) #1510 - Male, 38, onset August 10, hospitalized August 17, nosocomial contact of case #1506, Jordan WHO 3) #1519 - Male, 76, onset & hospitalized on August 25, nosocomial contact of case #1506, critical, Jordan Death link WHO 4) #1520 - Female, 47, asymptomatic on home isolation, nosocomial contact of cases #1506, #1510, Jordan WHO 5) #1526 - Male 56, onset August 18, nosocomial, died September 1, Jordan Death link WHO 6) #1533 - Female, 74/73, onset and hospitalized August 28, nosocomial, Jordan WHO 7) #1570 - Male, 78, announced as died - Amman, Jordan - Death

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8) #1574 - Person, 50s, announced as died September 8, Amman, Jordan Death