AMMAN- Jordan registered 1,767 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, its highest daily tally since the start of the outbreak, the health minister said.

The country’s total number of confirmed infections now stands at 11,816 with 61 deaths since the first case surfaced in early March, Saad Jaber said in a statement.

(Reporting by Suleiman Al-Khalidi Editing by David Goodman ) ((suleiman.al-khalidi@thomsonreuters.com; +96279-5521407;))