Lebanon National Operations Room Daily Report on COVID-19 Sunday, August 23, 2020 Report #158 Time Published: 23:00 PM 12698 123 8724 Total registered cases Deaths (Active Cases) since Feb.21 3516 1289 11409 Recoveries 8793 266 Leb Expats Locals In home Isolation Currently hospitalized 499 0 191 507 Cases registered among Mild Cases in the Cumulative Mild Cases New Cases medical staff Past 24 hrs 7 500 11 4 75 Leb Expats Locals Cases registered among In ICU in the past 24 Cumulative In ICU medical staff in the past hrs 450,456 24 hrs Conducted PCR tests in labs since Feb.21 Lebanon Internationally 3625 PCR tests conducted Total registered cases 12,698 23,467,593 tests for locals in the last 24 hrs (in labs) Total deaths 123 810,180 1757 Percentage of deaths 0.96% 3.45% PCR tests conducted tests in airport in the Number of recoveries 3516 15,988,530 past 24 hrs *The Above data was last updated at 10:00 PM Number of Cases by Location • 2697 case is Under investigation The daily distribution of positive cases according to districts and towns Beirut Cases Aleyh Cases Beqaa Gharby Cases Ain Mraisseh 1 Aaramoun 4 Ghazzeh 1 Ras Beyrouth 4 Bayssour 1 Haouch Harimeh 1 Manara 2 Bchamoun 3 Saouiri 1 Qreitem 1 Chanay 1 Saida Cases Raoucheh 1 Aamroussiyeh 7 Aanqoun 1 Hamra 2 Choueifat Qoubbeh 1 Aarab Tabbaya 1 Msaitbeh 2 Hay Sellom 4 Ghaziyeh 1 Mar Elias 1 Khaldeh 1 Hlaliyeh 1 Mazraa 12 Qmatiyeh 1 Maghdoucheh 1 Borj Abou Haidar 5 Kesrwan Cases Other 6 Basta Faouqa 4 Aajaltoun 1 Saksakiyeh 2 Tariq Jdideh 8 Adma Oua Dafneh 1 Zrariyeh 2 Ras Nabaa 5 Ballouneh 1 Sour Cases Bachoura 1 Faraya 1 Aabbassiyeh 1 Basta Tahta 2 Faytroun 1 Ain Baal 1 Achrafiyeh 1 Jounieh Sarba 2 Bazouriyeh 1 Other 2 Kfour 1 Sour 2 Baabda Cases Qleiaat 3 Sour Rachidiyeh 1 Aabadiyeh 1 Zouk Mosbeh 2 Nabatieh Cases Ain Roummaneh 3 Tripoli Cases Douair 1 Baabda 3 Beddaoui 4 Nabatiyeh Faouqa 2 Borj Brajneh 16 Mina Jardins 14 Qsaibeh 1 Bsaba 1 Trablous Qoubbeh 13 Bint Jbeil Cases Chiyah 3 Trablous Tabbaneh 15 Aaynata 2 Ghbayreh 2 Trablous Zahriyeh 2 Ain Ebel 2 Hadath 3 Koura Cases Khirbet Selm 2 Haret Hreik 8 Aafsdiq 1 Yater 1 Hazmiyeh 2 Dahr Ain 1 Marjeoun Cases Jnah 2 Enfeh 1 Majdel Selm 1 Mreijeh 1 Zgharta Cases Touline 5 Ouzaai 3 Ehden 1 Baalbeck Cases Matn Cases Zgharta 4 Baalbek 1 Antelias 1 Batroun Cases Bednayel 2 Borj Hammoud 7 Batroun 1 Chmistar 1 Broummana 1 Chikka 3 Khreibeh 1 Bsalim 1 Kfar Aabida 1 Qsarnaba 2 Dbayeh 4 Mineh Danieh Cases Unspecified 196 Fanar 1 Beit Faqs 1 Rabiyeh 1 Deir Aammar 2 Sinn Fil 3 Minieh 11 Zalqa 2 Akkar Cases Chouf Cases Aakkar Aatiqa 1 Aalmane 1 Bebnine 3 Baassir 1 Fnaydeq 1 Barja 1 Halba 1 Bourjein 1 Zahleh Cases Chhim 2 Aali Nahri 1 Daraiya 2 Majdel Aanjar 2 Jadra 1 Qabb Elias 1 Mazboud 1 Jbeil Cases Mazraa 1 Aamchit 1 Naameh 1 Blat 2 Ouardaniyeh 1 Cases per day Distribution of recoveries by Districts Distribution of active cases by District Distribution of deaths by Governorates Chronology of decisions according to number of cases Source: Data issued by the MoPH 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 – 23/8/2020 Ministry of Public Health The Ministry of Public Health announced the • Providing aid to all hospitals from donations that strategy followed in order to confront the outbreak of the are received in Lebanon in coordination with the Coronavirus, which revolves around: army. • Activating primary health care laboratory, • Follow-up of arrivals at the airport through the radiographically and medicinally. epidemiological surveillance and preventive • Distributing medicines to hospitals and medicine team medicine distribution centers in the • Rapid reporting of test results for both governorates and districts to reduce the expatriates and residents. movement of citizens. • Emphasizing the role of local authorities and • Working with the competent authorities and security forces in monitoring compliance with with the Egyptian, Japanese and Russian quarantine. embassies and the World Health Organization • Joint forces with NGOs to support and help. to secure the vaccine against the virus and • Approving the diagnosis of discovering infected preserve the right of the Lebanese to medicine cases at the airport using trained dogs (the last after completing the necessary studies. experiments stage). • Adding new laboratories that conduct PCR tests • Emphasis on hospitals, without exception, to to help in the rapid diagnosis of the virus, in receive cases of COVID-19. addition to coordination and cooperation in this • Following up on the equipping of governmental field with the Lebanese University hospitals through the World Bank loan • Launching an intensive media campaign across all media and social media. Arriving from Company Flight Number Number of Positive Cases 19/8/2020 Addis Abab Ethiopian Airlines 406 2 20/8/2020 Baghdad MEA 323 1 Baghdad Iraqi Airways 131 1 Al Najaf MEA 327 1 Irbil MEA 325 1 21/8/2020 Abu Dhabi EY 535 1 Istanbul MEA 206 2 Total 9 Military and security services 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) 12 organized against violators of the general mobilization decisions since 3/8/2020 Written records of persons violating the decision to wear a mask 3 Beirut 20044 298 Mount Leb 16879 Written records of people violating the general mobilization decision (Aragil* and social distancing) Total 313 Beqaa 7479 North 6632 Beirut Mount Leb Beqaa North South South 6397 9 129 54 45 76 Total 57118 • ISF will be isolating the following areas for the next week: Governorate/District Location Beirut Governorate Tariq al Jadidah, supporting municipality in Ard jalloul isolation, Baabda District Burj al Barajneh, Hay el Akrad (Handled by Municipality) Tyre District Support in the isolation of Majdel zoun neighborhood Bnt Jbeil District Supporting Khirbet slim municipality in the isolation of Jal al-Hayuk neighborhood Chouf District Supporting Dariaa municipality in the isolation of the village 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. General Directorate of State Security • Investigating and following up on suspected and positive cases and cases in home quarantine for residents and expatriates. • Reporting the percentage of the regions ’commitment to the general mobilization and closing of commercial establishments decision: Akkar (70%), Hasbaya and Marjeyoun (100%), Tire (60%), Zahrani (85%), Jezzine (90%), Kesrouan (65%), Aley (90%), Jbeil (70%), Matn (30%), Nabatieh (80%), Beirut (80%), Baabda and Chouf (50%), Rashaya (90%), Baalbek-Hermel (85%), Zahle (80%), West Bekaa (70%), Tripoli (65%), Bcharre (90%), Koura (90), Minieh-Denniyeh (20%), Zgharta (95%), Batroun (90%), in While there was a complete absence of implementation of the mobilization decision in Sidon. • Sending warnings and closing a number of violating commercial stores in the various regions. Ministry of Public Works and Transportation • Rafic Hariri International Airport (within the past 24 hours) Departing Flights Arriving Flights Number of Flights 42 Number of Flights 41 Number of Departing Individuals 4402 Number of Arrivals 2287 Entered Left Port Import Direction # Export Direction # Beirut Blank Alexandarun 1 Containers Mersen 1 Containers Alexandaria 2 Blank Limassoul 1 Cattle Menia 1 Botato/Oni Alexandaria 1 ons Gas Italy 1 6 2 Lebanese Red Cross 41879 Number of PCR 0 Number of 47 ambulance 3893 cases (45 New) tests transferred additional centers (38 New) transferred to to laboratories ambulance hospitals centers ready to respond 166 Number of 1444 Number of 8509 67384 number of volunteers trained total number (126 New) those trained to paramedics of benefiting from transfer PCR respondents awareness tests * sessions 967 The number of 217 550 8320 Number of university university number of volunteers volunteers total LRC trained trained to follow trained to volunteers managers for up on prevention conduct for covid19 isolation measures in awareness centers companies and sessions institutions 4100 Number of 74693 1221427 total 411 beneficiaries (169 New) distriibuted ( 2 New) number of from educational Number of posters, rpisons that electronic distributed brochures, have been platforms equipment and flyers on disinfected COVID-19 covid19 prevention General announcements On 21/8/2020, the Ministry of Interior issued Memorandum No. 86 / M / 2020 related to clarifying some of the paragraphs in the General Closing Decision No.