The report added that 19195 PCR tests were conducted during the past 24 hours, adding that the number of cases of recovery from the coronavirus rose to 228021.
According to the report, 49 new coronavirus-related death cases were registered, which raised toll to 3915.
Lebanon has started on February 8 a four-phase plan to ease a total lockdown and reopen the economic sectors.
Caretaker Minister of Public Health, Dr. Hamad Hasan, is scheduled to receive the first shipment of Pfizer vaccine on Saturday at 4:00 pm at Rafic Hariri International Airport – Beirut.
Meanwhile, Dr. Hasan and the ministry’s inspectors raided a drugstore in Beirut after obtaining reports that it sells medical devices, supported by the Central Bank, at prices which reciprocate with the US Dollar exchange rate against the Lebanese Pound in the black market.
Source: Al-Manar Eglish Website