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Lebanon records 2,963 new COVID-19 infections, 60 more deaths
By Xinhua Published: Apr 04, 2021 08:29 AM
A woman goes out to buy eggs during the lockdown in Beirut, Lebanon, April 3, 2021. Lebanon registered on Friday 2,963 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections to 474,925, the Health Ministry reported. Lebanon began a 3-day total lockdown on Saturday for the Easter holiday to prevent a potential increase in COVID-19 infections. (Xinhua)

A woman goes out to buy eggs during the lockdown in Beirut, Lebanon, April 3, 2021. Lebanon registered on Friday 2,963 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections to 474,925, the Health Ministry reported. Lebanon began a 3-day total lockdown on Saturday for the Easter holiday to prevent a potential increase in COVID-19 infections. (Xinhua)


 
A man passes by closed shops due to the lockdown in Beirut, Lebanon, April 3, 2021. Lebanon registered on Friday 2,963 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections to 474,925, the Health Ministry reported. Lebanon began a 3-day total lockdown on Saturday for the Easter holiday to prevent a potential increase in COVID-19 infections. (Xinhua)

A man passes by closed shops due to the lockdown in Beirut, Lebanon, April 3, 2021. Lebanon registered on Friday 2,963 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections to 474,925, the Health Ministry reported. Lebanon began a 3-day total lockdown on Saturday for the Easter holiday to prevent a potential increase in COVID-19 infections. (Xinhua)


 
A man sits in front of a closed shop due to the lockdown in Beirut, Lebanon, April 3, 2021. Lebanon registered on Friday 2,963 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections to 474,925, the Health Ministry reported. Lebanon began a 3-day total lockdown on Saturday for the Easter holiday to prevent a potential increase in COVID-19 infections. (Xinhua)

A man sits in front of a closed shop due to the lockdown in Beirut, Lebanon, April 3, 2021. Lebanon registered on Friday 2,963 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections to 474,925, the Health Ministry reported. Lebanon began a 3-day total lockdown on Saturday for the Easter holiday to prevent a potential increase in COVID-19 infections. (Xinhua)


 
A man passes by closed shops due to the lockdown in Beirut, Lebanon, April 3, 2021. Lebanon registered on Friday 2,963 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections to 474,925, the Health Ministry reported. Lebanon began a 3-day total lockdown on Saturday for the Easter holiday to prevent a potential increase in COVID-19 infections. (Xinhua)

A man passes by closed shops due to the lockdown in Beirut, Lebanon, April 3, 2021. Lebanon registered on Friday 2,963 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections to 474,925, the Health Ministry reported. Lebanon began a 3-day total lockdown on Saturday for the Easter holiday to prevent a potential increase in COVID-19 infections. (Xinhua)

Lebanon registered on Friday 2,963 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections to 474,925, the Health Ministry reported.

Meanwhile, the number of deaths from the virus increased by 60 to 6,346.

Lebanon will begin a 3-day total lockdown on Saturday for the Easter holiday to prevent a potential increase in COVID-19 infections.

The country has been fighting against COVID-19 since Feb. 21, 2020.