COVID-19 pandemic in Lebanon

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Lebanon in February 2020.
Cases.
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.
On 26 February, a second woman, who returned from Iran on the same Mahan Air flight as the first patient, also tested positive.
On 27 February, a 77-year-old Iranian man, who arrived from Iran on 24 February, tested positive in Beirut.
On 28 February, a Syrian woman tested positive and was admitted to Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut.
On 29 February, the total reached 7 confirmed cases.
On 10 March, the first coronavirus-related death is recorded.