Lebanon / Coronavirus: 5,087 cases and 19 deaths

The Ministry of Health indicates that 5,087 people have been diagnosed positive for the COVID19 coronavirus in the past 24 hours. 19 deaths are also announced during this period.

The announcement comes as 80% of hospital covid beds are currently occupied, said the chairman of the parliamentary public health committee, MP Assem Araji. The health authorities fear that the epidemic now exceeds the current capacities of the medical sector, and indicate that a field hospital is being prepared at the BIEL level.