The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Lebanon in February 2020.
| COVID-19 pandemic in Lebanon | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Lebanon |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, China |
| Index case | Beirut |
| Arrival date | 21 February 2020 (4 years, 8 months and 3 days ago) |
| Confirmed cases | 878 (as of 13 May)[1] |
| Recovered | 236 (as of 13 May)[1] |
Deaths | 26 (as of 13 May)[1] |
On 21 February 2020, Lebanon confirmed its first case of COVID-19: a 45-year-old woman traveling back from Qom, Iran tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 and was transferred to a hospital in Beirut.[2]
On 26 February, a second woman, who returned from Iran on the same Mahan Air flight as the first patient, also tested positive.[3][4]
On 27 February, a 77-year-old Iranian man, who arrived from Iran on 24 February, tested positive in Beirut.[5][6]
On 28 February, a Syrian woman tested positive and was admitted to Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut.[7]
On 29 February, the total reached 7 confirmed cases.[8]
On 10 March, the first coronavirus-related death is recorded.[9]
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