Lebanon Announces ‘Pfizer Marathon’: 5 Deaths, 223 Corona Cases Recorded

By Staff, Agencies

Lebanese Health ministry announced that the country recorded 223 coronavirus cases and five deaths over the past 24 hours, as the ministry announced a vaccination marathon to take place in north Lebanon Sunday.

The new cases bring the total number of coronavirus infections in Lebanon since the virus was first detected in the country in February 2020 to 541,232, along with a total of 7,752 deaths. Out of Friday’s figures, 24 cases were detected among travelers arriving in Lebanon.

The new cases were detected among 16,525 PCR and antigen tests, resulting in a two-week positivity rate average of 2.2 percent.

According to the Health Ministry report, as of Friday 211 individuals were in hospital with the virus along with 109 patients in intensive care wards and 46 patients on ventilators.

Meanwhile, the Health Ministry has planned a Pfizer vaccine “Marathon” Sunday for residents of Akkar, Baalbek-Hermel and the Bekaa, where those aged over 60 will be able to receive a first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

All citizens over 60 years-old are invited whether they have registered for the vaccine or not.