Hariri Hospital confirms five new coronavirus cases

Rafic Hariri University Hospital confirmed on Wednesday five new Coronavirus cases at the Hospital.

In its daily report on the latest developments regarding the emerging coronavirus, Hariri Hospital said that it had received during the past 24 hours, 133 cases in the emergency unit designated to receive cases suspected of being infected with the disease.

 Fourteen of the 133 cases had to be admitted to the quarantine section while the rest adhered to home quarantine.

The number of laboratory tests that were conducted was over 125 cases, 120 tested negative while 5 tested positive.

It also disclosed that 16 cases that were held in quarantine were released today after testing negative.

Eighteen cases are currently present in the quarantine section.

The health condition of coronavirus cases is stable, except for 2 in critical condition, all of whom receiving the necessary care in the isolation unit.

The Hospital also reported the second death from coronavirus of a Lebanese national who was in a critical condition when admitted to Hospital.

The Hospital also reported first full recovery from the novel coronavirus.