National Operations Room Daily Report on COVID-19

Friday, September 04, 2020 Report #170 Time Published: 21:00 PM

19,480 183 13,705 Total registered cases Deaths (Active Cases) since Feb.21

1,386 18,094 4 New Deaths 13,332 373 Leb Expats Locals In home Isolation Currently hospitalized

5,592 527 Recoveries 26 268

New Cases Mild Cases in the Cumulative Mild Cases Past 24 hrs 2 525 665 Leb Expats Locals Cases registered among 6 105

medical staff In ICU in the past 24 Cumulative In ICU

545,072 hrs 8 Conducted PCR tests in Cases registered among labs since Feb.21 medical staff in the past

6,647 24 hrs PCR tests conducted Lebanon Internationally tests for locals in the last 24 hrs (in labs) Total registered cases 18,953 26,601,173 2,452 PCR tests conducted Total deaths 183 875,381 tests in airport in the past 24 hrs Percentage of deaths 0.96% 3.29%

Number of recoveries 5,592 18,764,430

*The Above data was last updated at 10:00 PM Number of Cases by Location • 4522 case is Under investigation

Beirut Cases Cases Matn Cases Akkar Cases Hamra 4 Ain Roumneih 3 Antilas 1 Akkar Aaqbeih 1 Ain Teneih 2 Beir Hasan 2 Beit Chaar 1 Aarfa 1 Msaytbeh 5 Bourj Brajneh 14 Beit Miri 1 Qateaa 1 Talet Khayat 1 Cheyyah 4 Bekafya 1 Nahr Bared 1 Zareef 2 Furn Chebak 1 Burj Hamoud 10 Others 1 Mazraa 5 Hadath 8 Broumna 4 Zahleh Cases Bourj Abi Haidar 2 Haret Hraik 3 4 Ablah 1 Basta Fawqa 1 Hadath 2 Doura 1 Kfarzbeid 1 Tareq 11 Laylakeh 1 Debayeh 3 Bar Elias 1 Ras Al Nabea 4 Madini Riyadeh 4 Dekwani 11 Ksara 1 Basta Tahta 1 Mrayjeh 3 2 Neyha 1 Ashrafeih 2 Ouzaai 3 Jal Deb 3 Saadnail 1 Aadleh 1 Tahwetet Ghadir 2 Jdeideh 5 Taalbaya 1 Others 13 Koura Cases Jouneh 1 Bint Jbeil Cases Chouf Cases Bahsas 1 Mansoureih 4 Barachit 1 Barja 3 Dahir Ain 1 Mzraat Yachoua 1 Ramech 1 Chehimi 1 Others 2 Msaytbeh 1 Saida Cases Deir Qamar 1 Zaghrta Naqash 3 Ain Dilb 1 Debbeih 2 Zaghrta 3 Qarnet Chehwen 1 Ain Helwi 6 Jdaideh 1 Others 1 Rawda 4 Ghazeih 1 Jeyyeh 3 Marjayoun Cases Roumeh 1 Haret Saida 1 Jbeil Cases Kheyam 1 Sin Fil 7 Helaleyh 4 Aamchit 2 Sour 2 Kfarya 1 Adonis 1 Baflieh 1 Others 5 Kfarhete 1 Blat 6 Deir Kayfa 1 Jezzine Cases Mieyh w Mieyh 1 Halat 1 Jouwaya 1 Aareyh 1 Saida 15 Hasrout 1 Others 1 Kfarjara 2 Qayaa 1 Jbeil 1 Nabatyeih Cases Wadi Baanqun 1 Saksakeih 1 Kayfun 1 Cheqaf 1 Rayhan 1 Kesrwen Cases Mastina 1 ArabSalim 1 Safaria 1 Adonis 1 Others 4 Homein Fawqa 1 Aleyha Cases Shaanair 1 Tripoli Cases Jbeichet 1 Aleyh 1 Ghadir 4 Bedoui 7 Zawat Charqeyh 1 Aramoun 10 Kaslik 1 Mina 11 Others 2 Ain Dara 1 Aalma 2 Tripoli 31 Mneih Daneih Cases Ain Jdideh 1 Sarba 2 Qalamoun 3 Deir Amar 1 Bchamoun 8 Kfour 2 Beb Ramil 1 Markbeta 1 Oumaraa 3 Raifun 1 Qabeh 2 Mneih 4 Aoumrassyeh 2 Zouk Mkayel 4 Tebaneih 6 Seir Daneih 1 Hay Sloum 8 Zouk Mosbeh 4 Zahriyh 3 Others 2 Sawfar 1 Others 4 Cases Others 2 Baalbek 1 Drous 1 Hadath 1 Taraya 1 Tamnen Tahta 1

Cases per day

The percentage of positive cases out of the number of daily checks (22 to 04 September 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

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

Distribution of hospitalizations Distributed cases that use respirators

The distribution of the beds available for those infected with Coronavirus in the governorates and the occupancy rate

Akkar Districts

Baalbek Districts

Beirut Districts

Bekaa Districts

Mount Lebanon Districts

Nabatiyeh Districts

North Districts

South Districts

Decisions and actions taken – 04/09/2020

Ministry of Public Health

The Minister of Public Health in the caretaker government, Dr. Hamad Hassan, announced the completion of the final part of the Banks Association initiative to support the health sector in facing the Corona epidemic

The Ministry of Public Health has received from the Arab Republic of Egypt a donation of medical aid to support hospitals in facing the Corona pandemic

The Ministry announced that the Ma3an application has become available on smartphones, and it is Lebanon's official contact tracing application designed and developed by the Ministry in cooperation with a team of experts from the American University of Beirut in cooperation with TedMob.

The Ministry is following up on the final experiments of using trained police dogs to pre-detect the possibility of infecting arrivals through the airport with the Coronavirus, which the ministry is carrying out in coordination and cooperation with the French embassy in Lebanon.

The Ministry of Public Health announced a contribution secured from the budget reserve of fifteen (15) billion Lebanese pounds, which will be distributed to support 10 government hospitals in various Lebanese regions with the aim of developing and supporting them to contain the Corona pandemic.

The Ministry issued the results of additional examinations for the upcoming trips between August 31 (the last batch) and September 2, 2020, when 7 new positive cases were recorded and distributed as follows:

Arriving from Company Flight Number Number of Positive Cases 31/08/2020 Adana Pegasus 6700 2 Al Najaf Iraqi Airways 139 2 01/09/2020 Istanbul Turkish Airlines 828 1 Baghdad Iraqi Airways 131 1 02/09/2020 Doha Qatar Airways 416 1 7 Lebanese Red Cross

43,472 Number of PCR 0 Number of 48 ambulance 4,298 cases (45 New) tests transferred additional centers (44 New) transferred to to laboratories ambulance hospitals centers ready to respond 166 Number of 1,498 Number of 8534 68,003 number of volunteers trained total number (436 New) those trained to paramedics of benefiting from transfer PCR respondents awareness tests * sessions 967 The number of 217 550 8,345 university Number of (9 New) 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 4,112 Number of 78,201 1,222,437 total 437 (1 New) beneficiaries (43 New) distriibuted (2 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

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.

Beirut South North Akkar Beqaa Nabateih Baalbek Mount Leb 50% 70% 70% 50% 50% 70% 60% 60%

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 0 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 6 Beirut 20,550 130 Mount Leb 18,075 Written records of people violating the general mobilization decision (Aragil* and social distancing) Total 136 Beqaa 7,915 North 6,776 Beirut Mount Leb Beqaa North South South 6,641 3 119 7 0 7 Total 59,821

Ministry of Public Works and Transportation

Departing Flights Arriving Flights Number of Flights 41 Number of Flights 43 Number of Departing Individuals 4,579 Number of Arrivals 2,738

Port Entered Left Import Direction # Export Direction # Beirut Gasoline Jeyyeh 1

Battleship Emergency 1 Forces Tripoli Dangerous Lazqyeh 1 Materials Zahrani Liquid Gas Tripoli 1 Jeyyeh Gasoline Tripoli 1 Saida Metal Ukraine 1 4 2

General announcements

On 8/31/2020, the National Committee for Follow-up of Preventive Measures and Measures to Confront the New Coronavirus issued the following recommendations based on an assessment of the reality of the epidemic:

• Activating the mechanism approved between the Ministry of Public Health and the Lebanese Red Cross to distribute and transfer suspected cases of Coronavirus to governmental and private hospitals through the call center established in the Ministry of Health, provided that the Red Cross is provided with daily regulations about the hospital occupancy rate.

• Activating the work of the electronic platform IMPACT at the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities to monitor the situation of those infected with Coronavirus.

• Reopening amusement centers with an occupancy rate of 50% only, while adhering to the highest preventive measures

• Reopening the external wedding gardens only, subject to obtaining approval from the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities, and monitoring by the municipal police, provided that the occupancy rate does not exceed 50%.

• Conducting an analytical statistical study of the spread of the Coronavirus, in cooperation with the Ministry of Communications and the Lebanese University.

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

Examples of lack of adherence to safety measures

• The tourist officer at the Ministry of Tourism wrote a report of seizure against the Ballroom Foundation and Nightclub, which are located in the Haret Sakher area, the Analogue Club in Ashrafieh, the MOOD Club in Broumana and the Mr. Dollar in Zouk , due to the violation of General Mobilization Resolution No. 1032/2020, failure to comply with preventive measures, and the permitted number of customers, which were sealed with red wax.

• 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).

• 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.

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 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 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 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