Maine also set a daily record on Friday with 1,149 new cases, according to state CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah. This is the second consecutive day of record numbers of new Covid-19 cases in the country. Lebanon has recently witnessed a surge of Covid-19 cases as the country is suffering from an economic collapse and the aftermath of the port blast on August 4. Syria in total has registered 19,115 positive coronavirus cases, according to cumulative numbers from local medical authorities in the northeast region, the northwest region and regime-held areas. The physicians, who earlier briefed local officials on the matter, say hospitalizations in the region are at their highest since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Source: The Nation November 07, 2020 01:07 UTC