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Poland reports 12,430 new coronavirus cases, 502 more deaths

05.12.2020 12:00
Poland on Saturday  reported 12.430  new coronavirus infections and 502 more deaths, bringing its total number of cases to 1,054,000  and fatalities to over 20 thousand.
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Of the new cases confirmed on Saturday  1,600 were in the central region of Mazowieckie, which contains the national capital Warsaw. The southern coal mining region of Silesia had some 1300  of new infections confirmed by officials on Saturday .

Meanwhile, 1,200 new infections were reported in the western province of Wielkopolskie, which is home to the major city of Poznań.

On Friday Poland confirmed 13,239 new coronavirus infections and 531 more deaths.

 The health ministry announced Saturday  morning that some 20 thousand  COVID-19 patients were in hospitals nationwide, 1,906 of them on ventilators, with a further 251 thousand  quarantined for possible coronavirus exposure, and over 13 thousand under epidemiological supervision.