Lebanon Registers 33 New COVID Deaths, 1,504 Cases

By Staff, Agencies

Lebanon registered 30 more coronavirus deaths and 1,504 new cases, the Health Ministry said Friday.

The cases were detected among 16,742 tests, with only six cases found among travelers arriving at Rafik Hariri International Airport. The average positivity rate throughout the last two weeks stood at 12.4 percent.

The total number of cases since the virus was first detected in the country in February last year rose to 518,104 according to figures released by the Health Ministry. The total number of fatalities now stands at 7,090.

The statistics provided by the Health Ministry also show that 1,487 patients are currently hospitalized for COVID-19 and related complications, with 682 in the ICU and 188 requiring ventilators.

The Health Ministry also reported that 4,745 first-stage jabs and 4,867 second-round vaccinations were administered in the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative number of inoculations since the Feb. 14 onset to 263,684 first-stage and 144,511 second-stage jabs so far.