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Lebanon’s Covid-19: 170 Cases, 3 Deaths 

Lebanon’s Covid-19: 170 Cases, 3 Deaths 
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By Staff, Agencies 

Lebanese Health ministry registered 170 coronavirus cases and three deaths in the last 24 hours.

The new cases brought the total number of coronavirus infections in Lebanon since the virus was first detected in the country in February 2020 to 542,819 along with a total of 7,804 deaths. Out of the reported new cases, four were detected among travelers arriving in Lebanon.

The cases were discovered among 14,280 tests, resulting in a two-week positivity rate of 1.5 percent. The report also detailed 133 individuals in hospital with the virus, with 75 patients in intensive care wards and 20 people on ventilators.

The Health Ministry report also showed 19,142 first-stage jabs had been administered, raising the total to 674,634 individuals, or 14.1 percent of the eligible people, who have now had their first shot since the rollout began five months ago.

A further 1,513 second-stage vaccine jabs had also been administered, taking the total of fully inoculated people to 318,311, or 6.7 percent of the eligible population.

The latest figures from WHO Lebanon depict a falling average percentage of COVID-19 hospital bed occupancy rate, with 14 percent of intensive care units occupied by coronavirus patients, a 25-percent drop in six weeks.

Over the last few months, Lebanon has been witnessing a decline in the spread of the coronavirus, with cases dropping to figures last seen nearly a year ago. The community immunity level is believed to be around 40 percent due to many having been infected with the virus at the start of the year, alongside the impact of the national inoculation program.

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