BEIRUT, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Lebanon registered on Sunday 1,147 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number to 562,527, the National News Agency reported.
Meanwhile, the death toll from the virus went up by three to 7,909.
Lebanon has recently witnessed a sharp increase in the daily number of COVID-19 cases given non-compliance with proper precautionary measures by citizens and expatriates arriving in the country. Enditem
