Lebanon’s Interior Ministry ordered on Sunday a lockdown in 169 villages and towns amid a sharp increase of coronavirus cases.
The Ministry said that the lockdown will begin Monday morning and last until Oct. 19.
The new lockdown comes a week after the ministry ordered a lockdown in 111 villages and towns that ends Monday morning. Some of those towns are included under the new restrictions.
The Health Ministry registered on Sunday 1,010 new cases of coronavirus, raising the country’s confirmed total to 53,568 infections and 459 deaths.
Cases in Lebanon have been rising since early July when the country eased a nationwide lockdown and opened Rafik Hariri International Airport.
The numbers increased dramatically following an Aug. 4 blast in Beirut that killed and wounded thousands, as people gathered at hospitals, funerals and anti-government protests.
