Lebanon Registers 450 COVID-19 Cases, One Related Death in Past 24 Hours

By Staff, Agencies

Lebanon recorded 450 new coronavirus cases and one death in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said Sunday.

Twenty-nine of the cases were from travelers arriving in Lebanon. The latest figures bring the total to 550,942 cases and 7,885 deaths in Lebanon since the virus was first discovered in February last year.

A further 852 first dose vaccines were administered, bringing the total to 1,145,135 people, or 24 percent of the eligible population, to have received a first jab.

There were also 3,084 people who received their second dose vaccines, taking the total of fully vaccinated people to 710,106 or 14.9 percent of eligible population since the rollout began five months ago.