Thursday, 28 January, 2021 - 07:00 A health worker is pictured at a drive-through coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing site in Saint George Hospital University Medical center, in Beirut, Lebanon January 15, 2021. Reuters/Ayat Basma Asharq Al-Awsat Lebanon hit a new daily record for COVID-19 fatalities on Wednesday, registering 76 deaths. Hospitals are struggling with coronavirus patients, reporting near full occupancy in ICU beds. Nearly 290,000 infections have been recorded since last February and 2,553 deaths. A round-the-clock curfew is in force nationwide and grocery shopping is restricted to home deliveries. Authorities have extended the lockdown by two weeks to February 8. On Wednesday, Lebanese officials unveiled the national vaccination plan, saying the government aims to inoculate around 80 percent of the population by the end of the year. The first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines is scheduled to arrive in Lebanon by mid-February.