The report added that 16288 PCR tests were conducted during the past 24 hours, adding that the number of cases of recovery from the coronavirus rose to 621624.

According to the report, 5 new coronavirus-related death cases were registered, which raised toll to 8556.

Lebanon has continued the anti-coronavirus vaccination campaign across all the provinces as the batches of vaccines are scheduled to arrive in Beirut gradually.

Meanwhile, the minister of public health, Firas Abyad, announced the gradual lift of the chronic medicine subsidies.