A health worker collects a COVID-19 PCR swab from a child at a hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, on Jan. 11, 2021. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich) Israel's COVID-19 tally exceeds 500,000 Lebanon sees record daily COVID-19 deaths Infections in Turkey up by 9,809 to 2,346,285 Iran's total cases to hit 1.3 million CAIRO, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) Israel reported 9,242 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, pushing its total infections to cross the 500,000-mark..