National Operations Room Daily Report on COVID-19

Saturday, August 29, 2020 Report #164 Time Published: 21:30 PM

16,275 155 11,636 Total registered cases Deaths (Active Cases) since Feb.21

1,333 14,942 7 New Deaths 11,320 316 Leb Expats Locals In home Isolation Currently hospitalized

4,484 662 Recoveries 18 225

New Cases Mild Cases in the Cumulative Mild Cases Past 24 hrs 6 656 565 Leb Expats Locals Cases registered among 1 91

medical staff In ICU in the past 24 Cumulative In ICU

498,957 hrs 19 Conducted PCR tests in Cases registered among labs since Feb.21 medical staff in the past

7,270 24 hrs PCR tests conducted Lebanon Internationally tests for locals in the last 24 hrs (in labs) Total registered cases 16,275 25,040,371 1,636 PCR tests conducted Total deaths 155 843,727 tests in airport in the past 24 hrs Percentage of deaths 0.95% 3.36%

Number of recoveries 4,480 17,391,755

*The Above data was last updated at 10:00 PM

Number of Cases by Location • 3743 case is Under investigation

Beirut Cases Matn Cases Tripoli Cases Zahleh Cases Ain Mraisseh 1 Ain Aalaq 1 Beddaoui 4 Barr Elias 3 Ras Beyrouth 7 1 Camp Beddaoui 1 Kfar Zabad 1 Manara 1 3 Mina Jardins 6 Makseh 1 Qreitem 1 Baouchriyeh 2 Other 48 Massa 1 Raoucheh 1 Beit Chaar 1 Bab Raml 1 Qabb Elias 6 Hamra 4 Beit Kekko 1 Trablous Jardins 1 Taalabaya 1 Msaitbeh 4 Beit Meri 1 Trablous Qoubbeh 8 Saida Cases Tallet Khayat 5 Bhersaf 1 Tabbaneh 11 Aabra 1 Zarif 9 1 Trablous Zahriyeh 2 Other 5 Mazraa 5 Borj Hammoud 6 Trablous Zeitoun 4 Sarafand 1 Borj Abou Haidar 3 2 Koura Cases Tanbourit 1 Basta Faouqa 4 Daoura 2 Barsa 1 Sour Cases Malaab Baladi 1 Dekouaneh 3 Bohsas 1 Tayr Zebna 3 Tariq Jdideh 10 Haret Bellane 1 Dahr Ain 1 Other 2 Ras Nabaa 4 Jall Dib 1 Enfeh 2 Sour Bass 1 Bachoura 1 Jdaidet Matn 2 Kefraiya 1 Baalbeck Cases Basta Tahta 2 Mansouriyeh 7 Kfar Qahel 1 Ain Bourday 1 Achrafiyeh 9 1 Kousba 2 Brital 1 Other 4 Naqqach 1 Majdel 1 Deir Ahmar 1 Baabda Cases Other 4 Zakroun 1 Haouch Snaid 1 Ain Roummaneh 2 Qornet Chehouane 1 Zagharta Cases Maaraboun 1 Borj Brajneh 8 Raboueh 2 Ardeh 1 Other 1 Chiyah 4 Raouda Baouchriyeh 4 Mejdlaiya 3 Sifri 1 Furn Chebbak 1 2 Miriata 1 Faouqa 1 Ghbayreh 47 Sabtiyeh 2 Zgharta 4 Hadath 7 Sadd Baouchriyeh 2 Batroun Cases Haret Hreik 1 Sinn Fil 1 Batroun 2 Hazmiyeh 2 Zalqa 1 Kfar Aabida 1 Jamhour Aaraiya 1 Aleyh Cases Ras Nahhach 1 Jnah 7 Aaley 1 Akkar Cases Unspecified 176 Laylakeh 5 Aaramoun 6 Aamaret Baykat 1 Total 662 Madineh Riyadiyeh 2 Aaytat 2 Ain Zayt 1 Mreijeh 2 Baaouerta 1 Berqayel 10 Other 4 Bayssour 2 Fnaydeq 2 Ouadi Chahrour 2 Bchamoun 3 Hayzouq 1 Chouf Cases Bhamdoun Dayaa 1 Jdaidet Qayteaa 3 Ain Zhalta 1 Choueifat Oumara 3 Machha 1 Baaqline 1 Aamroussiyeh 2 Michmich 3 Barja 2 Hay Sellom 2 Other 1 Damour 1 Khaldeh 1 Ouadi Khaled 1 Jadra 1 Majdel Baana 3 Rihaniyeh 1 Jiyeh 1 Kesrwan Cases Mineh Danieh Cases Ketermaya 1 Aaqaybeh 1 Bakhaaoun 1 Marj Barja 1 Bouar 4 Kfar Bebnine 1 Mtaileh 1 Jounieh Ghadir 2 Kfar Chellane 1 Naameh 2 Sahel Aalma 1 Minieh 4 Other 1 Jounieh Sarba 1 Other 1 Jbeil Cases Maameltein 1 Tarane 1 Adonis 1 Safra 1 Blat 2 Tabarja 1 Mazraat Siyad 1 Yahchouch 1 Eddeh 1 Zouk Mosbeh 4 Halate 1 Hermel Cases Jbayl 1 Hermel 5

Cases per day

The percentage of positive cases out of the number of daily checks (16 to 29 August 2020)

Chronology of decisions according to number of cases

Distribution of deaths by Governorates

Distribution of deaths by Age

Distribution of recoveries by Districts

Comparison of the rate of doubling of the number of deaths in Lebanon with other countries (death doubling rate)

The distribution of the recorded deaths during the past 24 hours

Distribution of cases by nationality

Number of individuals in home isolation and percentage of commitment to isolation

Exposure Status of Cases

Distribution by age Distribution according to gender

Decisions and actions taken – 29/8/2020

General Directorate of State Security

• Investigating and following up on suspected and positive cases and cases in home quarantine for residents and expatriates.

• Sending warnings and closing a number of violating commercial stores in the various regions.

Be irut South North Akkar Beqaa Nabateih Baalbek Hermel Mount Leb 65 % 65% 70% 60% 80% 90% 50% 45%

Army

• The army carried out patrols in different Lebanese region

• Distributing food aid in various Lebanese regions through the CIMIC Office

• Establishing circumstantial barriers in various regions and supporting the security forces in measures to isolate the towns

General Directorate of Internal Security Forces

• Internal Security Forces circulated the preventive measures that must be followed when traveling by cars and using shared transportation and public cars.

• Writing arrest records against violators of the general closure decision

The number of seizure records during the past 24 hours The total number of Written records of violating institutions (absorptive capacity and records that have been preventive measures) 0 organized against violators of the general mobilization decisions since 3/8/2020 Written records of persons violating the decision to wear a mask 1 20,498 125 Mount Leb 17,541 Written records of people violating the general mobilization decision (Aragil* and social distancing) Total 126 Beqaa 7,801 North 6,771 Beirut Mount Leb Beqaa North South South 6,578 1 65 32 10 18 Total 59,189

• ISF will be isolating the following areas for the next week:

Governorate/District Location

Baabda District Supporting the municipality of Majdalbana in isolating the town

Chouf District Supporting the municipality of Daraya in isolating the town

General Directorate of Public Security

• Implementing the required security and preventive measures at the airport, seaports and border crossings.

• Investigating and following up on suspected and positive cases and cases in home quarantine for residents and expatriates in the various Lebanese regions.

• Reporting new casualties among the elements of the internal security forces, internal security and the army.

Ministry of Public Health

The Ministry is following up on the donations The Ministry of Public Health has opened a wing provided to the hospital sector to increase its readiness designated for treating people with Covid-19 at Al Zahra to receive Corona patients, such as providing equipment Hospital Center - University Medical Center, which was and respirators. equipped in response to the call made by the Ministry of

Public Health for private hospitals to contribute to The ministry is following up through its work providing medical services, in the context of confronting teams the implementation of the strategy that has been the local outbreak of Coronavirus. put in place to curb the spread of the Coronavirus.

The Ministry of Public Health issued Memorandum The Ministry issued the results of additional No. 126 on 8/25/2020 regarding the identification of close examinations for the upcoming trips on 26 and 27 August contacts within two days before the appearance of 2020, where ten new positive cases were recorded, and symptoms (for the case with symptoms) or two days from they were distributed as follows: the diagnosis of the case (for the case without symptoms), as follows:

• The contacts residing in the same house with the confirmed case. • Contact persons working in the same place of work of the confirmed case. • Contacts who have spoken directly with a confirmed case face to face at less than 1.5 meters for more than 10 minutes.

Arriving from Company Flight Number Number of Positive Cases 26/8/2020 Adana WLB 4404 2 Kuwait Kuwaiti Airways 501 1 27/8/2020 Baghdad Iraqi Airways 323 5 Arbil MEA 325 2 Total 10

Ministry of Public Works and Transportation

Departing Flights Arriving Flights Number of Flights 43 Number of Flights 45 Number of Departing Individuals 4,665 Number of Arrivals 2,258

Entered Left Port Import Direction # Export Direction # Beirut Containers Tripoli 1 Containers Port Said 1 Containers Lazqyah 1 Tripoli Containers Alexandarun 1 Containers Beirut 1 Blank Alexandaria 1 Jbeil Blank Russia 1 3 4 Lebanese Red Cross

42,695 Number of PCR 0 Number of 47 ambulance 4124 cases (39 New) tests transferred additional centers (44 New) transferred to to laboratories ambulance hospitals centers ready to respond 166 Number of 1444 Number of 8534 67541 number of volunteers trained (5 New) total number (33 New) those trained to paramedics of benefiting from transfer PCR respondents awareness tests *sessions 967 The number of 217 550 8340 university Number of volunteers university number of trained to follow volunteers total LRC trained up on trained to volunteers managers for prevention conduct for covid19 isolation measures in awareness centers companies and sessions institutions 4106 Number of 77,002 1221777 total 431 (4 New) beneficiaries (1196 New) distriibuted (3 New) number of from Number of posters, rpisons that educational distributed brochures, have been electronic equipment and flyers on disinfected platforms covid19 COVID-19 prevention

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates is in constant contact with the Lebanese diplomatic missions abroad to find out the latest developments regarding the spread of the Corona pandemic and to follow up on the situation of the Lebanese expatriates.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates continues to coordinate with the National Committee for Follow- up of Preventive Measures and Measures to Confront the Coronavirus and with the Ministry of Public Health and other ministries and departments concerned with the implementation of the approved procedures and measures, and the Ministry also communicates with all foreign embassies and regional and international organizations in this regard.

General announcements

• The Ministry of Interior and Municipalities issued Decision No. 1032 of 8/27/2020 regarding the amendment of the opening and closing times of industrial and commercial establishments within the general mobilization procedures and the suspension of the implementation of Resolution 1003 related to the maximum closure, starting on Friday morning 28/8/2020. The decision included defining the preventive plan that must be approved by all sectors within a preparatory stage and three time stages related to the assessment of the epidemiological health situation and taking into account the economic and social situation, and its application shall start from the date of the opening of industrial and commercial enterprises. The decision also included amending the time for entry and exit from the streets to become from ten in the evening until six in the morning.

• On 26/8/2020, the Supreme Defense Council issued a decision to extend the general mobilization to the end of the year 2020 to confront the outbreak of the Corona pandemic.

Note: The decisions can be found at www.drm.pcm.gov.lb

Examples of lack of adherence to safety measures

• Demonstration, and Roadblocks • Overcrowding in restaurants and cafes • Non-compliance of citizens with preventive measures • Gathering in cafes • gatherings without wearing masks. • social gatherings and celebrations and kids’ areas

If you feel any symptoms, call directly the hotline of the Ministry of Public Health: 1214 or 01/594459

A list of the laboratories accredited by the MoPH to conduct PCR tests

Public Hospitals Hospital Name Location Hospital Name Location Rafic Hariri University Hospital Beirut Bint Jbeil Governmental Hospital Bint Jbeil Tripoli Governmental Hospital Tripoli President Elias Hrawi Governmental Hospital Zahle Fattouh Keserwan Governmental Hospital Kesrwen Batroun Governmental Hospital Batroun Baalbek Governmental Hospital Baalbek Halba Governmental Hospital Halba Tibnin Governmental Hospital Tibnine Private Hospitals Hospital/Lab Name Location Hospital/Lab Name Location AUBMC Beirut MLH Baabda Saint George Hospital Beirut Saint Georges Hospital Baabda Hôpital Notre Dame des Secours (CHU – NDS) Jbeil Ain w Zein Hospital Chouf HDF/Merieux/USJ Beirut Hamoud Hospital Sidon Makkassed General Hospitals Beirut Dar el Amal Hospital Baalbek LAUMC Beirut Sheikh Ragheb Harebb Hospital Nabatieh Wardieh Hospital Beirut Al Hadi Laboratory Baabda Al Mathlum Hospital Tipoli Akiki Laboratory Byblos Al Mounla Hospital Tripoli MDC Tyr Haykal Hospital Koura Jabal Amel Hospital Tyr Serhal Hospital Metn Doctor’s Center Beirut HLG Beirut KML Sidon SDC Nabteih ADC*American Diagnostic Center Beirut INOVIE Laboratory Baabda Khoury Hospital Zahle TRANSMEDICAL Laboratory Metn Sacre Coeur Hazmieh MCC Zahle BELLEVUE Hospital Mansourieh CHN Zaghrta LMSE Tripoli Clinigen Laboratory Hazmieh Al Rasoul Al Aazam Hospital Beirut Centre Medical Moderne Ghbraye Nabni Hospital Tripoli MDTC Hamra

Note: Some positive test results are sent from the highlighted laboratories to the Ministry of Public Health, that does not include a phone number to track cases, which contributes to the spread of the epidemic and unknown cases