The number of COVID-19 infections in Libya has risen to 9707, with 8487 active cases, after the registration of 244 new positive cases on Thursday.
The death toll has risen to 173 while the recoveries have reached 1047.
COVID-19 cases in Libya have risen more than 15-fold in less than two months, spiking from 571 in June to more than 9,000 today, the Red Cross said Thursday.
More than half a million people need healthcare assistance as conflict, COVID-19, and economic collapse threaten to plunge hundreds of thousands of civilians deeper into chaos, said the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
