Coronavirus: Amid lockdown, Lebanon data highest loss of life toll for second day

Lebanon reported its highest each day variety of coronavirus deaths for the second day in a row after 41 individuals died in a 24-hour interval on Thursday because the nation formally went into lockdown, based on well being officers.

Lebanon’s well being ministry confirmed 41 individuals had died as of Thursday whereas 5,196 new COVID-19 circumstances had been detected. The whole loss of life toll because of the coronavirus pandemic in Lebanon now rises to 1,781.

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The nation formally went right into a 24-hour lockdown on the primary day of a strict 11-day lockdown imposed in a bid to decelerate a pointy uptick in novel coronavirus circumstances.

#Lebanon kicks off the primary day of a strict 11-day lockdown imposed in a bid to decelerate a pointy uptick in novel #coronavirus circumstances.https://t.co/hRlUFafOWH

— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) January 14, 2021

A day earlier, Lebanon’s caretaker well being minister Hamad Hasan examined optimistic for coronavirus. The Hezbollah-appointed minister had been transferred to Hezbollah’s Saint George hospital in Beirut’s suburb of al-Hadat for therapy.

Watch: Shops within the metropolis of Dbayeh, north of #Beirut, are shuttered and its streets lie virtually empty as #Lebanon enters a nationwide lockdown after #COVID19 circumstances surged drastically following the vacation season.https://t.co/hRlUFafOWH pic.twitter.com/dX61JX0WvL

— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) January 14, 2021

The heightened restrictions, which embrace a 24-hour curfew till January 25, come after some hospitals began to expire of beds to deal with COVID-19 sufferers.

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Last Update: Friday, 15 January 2021 KSA 23:40 – GMT 20:40