The Lebanese ministry of public health issued on Thursday its daily report in which it announced 1859 new coronavirus cases, 1846 of them for locals and 13 among the arrivals, raising total to 122159.

The report added that 11804 PCR tests were conducted during the past 24 hours, adding that the number of cases of recovery from the coronavirus rose to 73021.

According to the report, 24 new coronavirus-related death cases were registered, which raised toll to 974.

Lebanon started on Saturday a two-week lockdown in the context of the measures aimed at curbing the sharp increase in the coronavirus cases