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Poland confirms 21,049 new COVID cases - the most this year

13.03.2021 12:06
Poland on Saturday reported 21,049 new coronavirus infections - the highest tally this year - and 343 more deaths, bringing its total number of cases during the pandemic to 1,889,360 and fatalities to 47,068.
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The number of fresh infections, people in hospital with COVID-19, and patients on ventilators was sharply up from a week ago.

Of the new cases confirmed on Saturday, 3,891 were in the central region of Mazowieckie, which includes the national capital Warsaw.

Meanwhile, 2,682 new infections were reported in the southern coal mining region of Silesia.

The western province of Wielkopolskie, which is home to the major city of Poznań, had the third-highest number of new infections confirmed by officials on Saturday, at 1,828.

On November 25, the country reported its highest daily toll of 674 deaths related to the coronavirus.

On November 7, the Polish health ministry confirmed 27,875 new single-day cases, the most since the pandemic hit the country last March.

Poland's first case of coronavirus infection was reported on March 4, 2020.

The health ministry announced on Saturday morning that 19,541 COVID-19 patients were in hospitals nationwide, 2,011 of them on ventilators.

(pk)

Source: PAP