National Operations Room Daily Report on COVID-19

Thursday, October 02, 2020 Report #198 Time Published: 10:00 PM

New in the report: - Ministry of Interior and Municipalities Decision No. 1205 of October 2, 2020, related to the closure of several villages and towns due to their high number of Coronavirus cases. - To date, the occupancy rate of available beds for COVID patients in Lebanon has reached 70.3%, while the occupancy rate of intensive care beds has reached 73.6%, noting that 4 hospitals have reached their maximum capacity in receiving cases. More details on the link "The number of beds available for those infected with Coronavirus and the occupancy rate" in the report

Number of Cases by Location

• 7,894 case is Under investigation 129 170 Kesrwen 87 Matn 163 Ras Beirut 2 Chiah 12 Sarba 7 Beit Merry 3 Raouche 6 Ouzai 2 Zouk Michael 12 Monteverde 1 Hamra 10 Bir Hassan 7 Ghadir 9 Bolonia 1 Snoubra 1 Madineh Riyadieh 1 8 1 Ein El Teeneh 4 2 Adonis 4 Khenshara 2 Mseitbeh 6 Ein El Rimmaneh 6 Haret Sakher 5 1 Wata El Mseitbeh 1 Forn El Chubbak 5 2 1 Mar Elias 8 24 2 Dhour Shweir 1 Tallet El Khayyat 3 Lailaki 5 Adma & Dafneh 4 Bteghreen 1 Dar El Fatwa 4 Bor El Barajneh 18 Bouar 1 Qanat Bakeesh 1 Zarif 2 Mreijeh 7 Oqeibeh 1 Borj Hammoud 7 Min El Hoson 1 Tahweetet Ghadeer 9 3 Nabaa 3 Qantary 1 Baabda 11 1 10 Mazraa 3 9 Sehaileh 1 Horch Tabet 1 Borj Abi Haidar 8 1 Ein El Rihane 1 Jesr El Basha 1 Basta Fawka 2 Hadat 22 2 Jdeidet El Metn 13 Tariq Jdeedeh 19 Loueize 1 2 Bouchrieh 1 Ras Nabaa 10 Kfarsheema 4 Ghosta 3 Dora 3 Basta Tahta 1 Wadi Shahrour 2 Kfour 2 Rawda 3 Jesr 1 Bsaba 4 Ghodras 1 Sed El ouchrieh 4 Ashrafieh 20 Haret Hamzah 1 Qatteen 1 Sabtieh 3 Others 16 Abadieh 2 Bzommar 1 Dekweneh 12 Chouf 23 Deir El Haref 1 Harisa 2 4 Damour 2 Arayya 2 Daroun 1 6 Naameh 2 Chbanieh 1 Maysra 1 Naqqash 7 Chhim 2 Qornayel 1 Ghabaleh 1 Amaret Shalhub 1 Barja 3 Others 10 Yahshoush 2 5 Aaqleen 1 Saida 95 Ashkout 1 Byaqout 3 Wadi El Zayneh 1 Hlalieh 4 Feitroun 1 Belleview 1 Rmeileh 1 Haret Saida 7 1 4 Deir Kouche 1 Miyye W Miyyeh 4 3 Aoukar 1 Werhanieh 1 Ein El Helwe 10 Others 1 Mansourieh 4 Baaqleen 2 Majdlyoun 4 Zahle 69 9 Ghreefeh 1 Abra 7 Maallaqa 1 Ein Saadeh 4 Baqaata 1 Bqosta 3 Hoch El Oumara 1 4 Kahlounieh 1 Ein El Delb 1 Arady 1 Bqennaya 1 Mazraa 1 Zrarieh 2 Marelias 1 4 Kfarnabrakh 1 Bablieh 1 Forzol 4 Nabayh 1 Others 2 Bisarieh 1 Ablah 1 1 70 Saksakieh 1 Ksara 3 Beit El Kukko 1 Al Amrousieh 1 Mtayrieh 1 2 Qornet Chehwn 2 Hay El Sillom 6 Arab El Jal 1 Taanayel 1 Rabwe 1 Khaldeh 3 Saida 25 10 Beit El Chaar 3 Al Oumara 19 Others 23 Qab Elias 6 Deek El Mahdi 1 Deir Qoubel 2 Nabatieh 14 Bar Elias 17 Ein Aar 1 Aramoun 14 Nabatieh El Tahta 1 Majdel Anjar 2 Mazraet Yashoh 4 Bshamoun 3 Shoukeen 1 Riyak 1 Ein Alak 2 Ein Anoub 1 Arab Salim 2 3 Atshana 1 Bleibel 1 Sharkieh 1 Others 15 Broummana 3 Houmal 1 Toul 1 Marjeyoun 5 2 1 Harouf 1 Bani Hayyan 1 3 Aley 1 Kfar Dajal 1 Markaba 1 Others 5 1 Ansar 1 Majdel Silim 3 Koura 10 Baysour 1 Qosseibeh 1 Hasbayya 2 Kfar Aqqa 2 Dfoun 2 Others 4 Hasbayya 1 Kfar Hazir 1 4 Jezzine 2 Others 1 Betroumin 1 Saoufar 1 Ein Majdoleen 1 Bint Jbeil 9 Btouratej 1 Others 8 Wadi Baankoudein 1 Bint Jbeil 3 Nakhle 1 Rashayya 1 Debel 1 Haret El Khasse 1 Rafeed 1 Others 5 Others 3

Jbeil 17 Tripoli 96 Akkar 40 Zghorta 14 Jbeil 1 Zaytoun 1 Halba 1 Zghorta 5 Mastita 2 Baba El Ramel 1 Menyara 1 Kfarhata 1 Blat 5 Qebbe 10 Arka 1 Majdlayya 3 Amchit 2 Zahrieh 2 Deir Daloum 1 Alma 1 Halat 1 Tabbaneh 1 Abboudieh 4 Meryata 1 Monsef 1 Mina 13 Janin 1 Others 3 Alita 1 Mina Tralos 1 Bebnin 4 Baalbak 25 Annaya 1 Tripoli 28 Meshmesh 1 Baalbak 3 Lehfed 1 Baddawy 6 Fneidek 7 Sharawneh 5 Haret Chamat 1 Baddawy Campl 7 Aydamoun 1 Doures 2 Others 1 Others 26 Qobayyat 2 Iaat 1 Batroun 13 Tyre 14 Andkit 2 Kfardan 3 Batroun 4 Rasheedieh 1 Others 14 Arsal 1 Shekka 4 Borj El Chemali 1 Menyeh Dunnieh 13 Deir El Ahmar 1 Mrah Shdeed 1 Bazourieh 2 Menyeh 2 Chmestar 1 Hamat 3 Abbasieh 1 Izal 2 Sareen El Fawka 1 Douma 1 Naqoura 2 Kaf El Malloul 1 Others 7 Others 7 Bakhoun 1 Others 200 Others 7 Others 199

The number of beds available for those infected with Coronavirus and the occupancy rate

For daily information on all the details of the bed distribution available for Covid-19 patients in the various governorates according to the hospitals: Computer: https://bit.ly/DRM-HospitalsOccupancy-PC By phone: https://bit.ly/DRM-HospitalsOccupancy-Mobile

The Online platform to measure the level of risk of the spread of the new Corona virus by district

This interactive platform allows you to know the level of risk of spreading the kurna virus according to districts, based on the number of cases registered daily and the number of residents in each district. For more information on a daily basis, you can access the following link: https://bit.ly/DRM-RiskLevelInMunicipalities

Online platform to track sector commitment in general mobilization procedures

Based on the recommendation issued by the National Committee for Follow-up of Preventive Measures and Measures to Confront the Coronavirus to open all sectors, provided that the general mobilization procedure (safe distance, muzzle, and hand sterilization) be applied, a special electronic platform was created that allows monitoring and measuring the percentage of commitment by various sectors on an ongoing basis. The detailed results can be viewed directly at the following link: http://bit.ly/covidsectordata

Cases per day

The percentage of positive cases out of the number of daily checks (17 September to 01 October 2020)

Distribution of Active Cases by Districts

Recoveries

Distribution of deaths by Governorates

Distribution of deaths by Age

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 Distribution according to gender

Distribution by age

Comparison of Number of Cases, Recoveries, and Death Between July, August, ,and September

Decisions and actions taken – 02/10/2020

Ministry of Public Health

The Ministry of Public Health signed an agreement between the Lebanese University and the General Directorate of Civil Aviation at the Ministry of Public Works according to which the Lebanese University would conduct PCR checks for arrivals through the airport.

The Ministry of Public Health announced an agreement between it and the guarantors and private hospitals, according to which the official tariff was set in the Ministry of Public Health for personal protection supplies that are used to prevent epidemic diseases in treating the Corona virus, and the daily cost of a single patient with the Coronavirus in the hospital was modified to cover these supplies to become 200,000 LBP for the regular room and 400,000 LBP for a building in the intensive care room

The Ministry of Public Health reported that PCR tests were completed for flights that arrived in Beirut and were conducted at the airport on 9/29/2020, in addition to the first batch of checks for flights that arrived on 9/30/2020, and the results showed that there were seven (7) new positive cases distributed among The following trips:

Arriving from Company Flight Number Number of Positive Cases 29/9/2020 Istanbul MEA 266 4 30/9/2020 Istanbul Turkish Airlines 826 1 Cairo Egypt Airways 711 1 Istanbul Turkish Airlines 828 1

Total 7

Lebanese Red Cross

233,758 Number of PCR 46,811 Number of 48 ambulance 5,242 cases tests (117 New) additional centers (48 New) transferred to transferred to ambulance hospitals laboratories centers ready to respond 166 Number of 1,498 Number of 8,706 79,051 number of volunteers trained total (32 New) those trained to paramedics number of benefiting from transfer PCR respondents awareness tests * sessions 967 The number of 291 550 8,567 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 4,240 Number of 92,459 1,240,401 total 573 (3 New) beneficiaries (66 New) distriibuted (6 New) number of from Number of posters, rpisons that educational distributed brochures, have been electronic equipment and flyers disinfected platforms on covid19 COVID-19 prevention General Directorate of State Security

- Follow up the implementation of the required security and preventive measures at the airport, ports and border crossings. - Notification of the number of cases registered in the various districts and cases in home quarantine. • 5 new cases of Coronavirus were reported in Public Security. • Reporting of two new injuries among the Lebanese army. • Reporting a new injury in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Lebanese University, and 4 new injuries in the Health Insurance Office at the American University.

- 4 new deaths were reported in Nahr Al-Bared camp in the north as a result of the epidemic. -The report of the closure of the Bekaa Governorate center in Zahle by a decision of the Governor of the Bekaa until 5/10/2020, after - it was confirmed that the head of a department in the governorate was infected with the Coronavirus. - Reporting the closure of the Civil Affairs Department centers in Zahle and the Bekaa until October 6, 2020, after it was proven that the employees were injured.

Beirut South N orth Akkar Beqaa Nabateih Baalbek Hermel Mount Leb

48% 57% 48% 46% N/A 46% 50% 31%

General Directorate of Internal Security Forces

• Supporting the municipalities in isolating the town of Aramoun (Aley), the Radisson Hotel in Ain Mreisse (Beirut) and the Golden Tulip Hotel in Hamra (Beirut) • • 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 7 records that have been preventive measures) organized against violators of the general mobilization decisions since 03/08/2020 Written records of persons violating the decision to wear a mask 0 Beirut 20,646 5 Mount Leb 18,816 Written records of people violating the general mobilization decision (Aragil* and social distancing) Total 12 Beqaa 8,064 North 6,784 Beirut Mount Leb Beqaa North South South 6,887 4 3 1 0 4 Total 61,197

Ministry of Public Works and Transportation

Departing Flights Arriving Flights Number of Flights 48 Number of Flights 44 Number of Departing Individuals 5,124 Number of Arrivals 4,314

Port Entered Left Import Direction # Export Direction # Beirut Containers Demit 1 Containers Limassol 1 Containers Limassol 1 Containers Port Said 1 Animals Ukraine 1 Tripoli Metals Turkey 1 4 2

General announcements

The Ministry of Interior and Municipalities issued Decision No. 1205 on 10/2/2020 related to the closure of some villages and towns due to their high number of Coronavirus cases, as the decision kept on working at the time of preventing exit and entering the streets and roads between the first hour after midnight until the hour Six o'clock in the morning, the decision also included the closure of 111 towns in various Lebanese regions based on an analysis of the epidemiological situation in them for a full week, starting from Sunday 10/4/2020 until 10/12/2020 with specifying exceptions and the implementation mechanism for implementing the decision in cooperation between governors, municipalities and all security agencies.

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

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

• Demand gatherings and demonstrations. • Failure to comply with the preventive measures and procedures required in a number of stores and markets (putting on a muzzle or face mask, sterilizing hands, maintaining a safe distance). • Non -compliance with the 50% occupancy rate in several restaurants and amusement game centers. • Gatherings for social events. • Failure of those in contact with confirmed cases to adhere to home isolation procedures until the results of the laboratory tests are issued.

Examples of lack of adherence to safety measures