A man receives a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, on April 9, 2021. Lebanon registered on Friday 2,500 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections to 491,928, the Health Ministry reported. (Photo by Khaled/Xinhua)
BEIRUT, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Lebanon registered on Friday 2,500 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections to 491,928, the Health Ministry reported.
Meanwhile, the death toll from the virus increased by 43 to 6,592.
Lebanon has been fighting against the pandemic since Feb. 21, 2020. Enditem