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Poland reports 9176 new coronavirus infections and 228 more deaths

06.12.2020 11:16
Poland  on Sunday reported  9176  new coronavirus infections and  228 more deaths, bringing its total number of cases to 1,063,449  and fatalities to over 20 thousand.
Centrum Terapii Pozaustrojowej Centralnego Szpitala Klinicznego MSWiA w Warszawie
Centrum Terapii Pozaustrojowej Centralnego Szpitala Klinicznego MSWiA w WarszawiePAP/Leszek Szymański

Of the new cases confirmed on Sunday  1170 were in the central region of Mazowieckie, which contains the national capital Warsaw , 1096 new infections were reported in the western province of Wielkopolskie, which is home to the major city of Poznań. The southern coal mining region of Silesia had some  900  of new infections confirmed by officials on Sunday.

The health ministry announced Sunday  morning that over 19 thousand COVID-19 patients were in hospitals nationwide, 1,900 of them on ventilators, with a further 253 thousand  quarantined for possible coronavirus exposure, and over 12 thousand  under epidemiological supervision.

Meanwhile, 706,720 people have now recovered from COVID-19 throughout the country, the health ministry also said.

Source IAR