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Poland confirms 3,288 new coronavirus cases, 289 more deaths

14.05.2021 10:35
Poland on Friday reported 3,288 new coronavirus infections and 289 more deaths, bringing the country's total number of cases during the pandemic to 2,849,014 and fatalities to 71,311.
Coronavirus in Poland: A mass COVID-19 vaccination centre in Warsaw.
Coronavirus in Poland: A mass COVID-19 vaccination centre in Warsaw.Photo: PAP/Leszek Szymański

Of the new cases confirmed on Friday, 432 were in the densely populated southern coal-mining region of Silesia.

Meanwhile, 400 new infections were reported in the central region of Mazowieckie, which includes the national capital Warsaw.

The southwestern province of Dolnośląskie, which is home to the major city of Wrocławhad the third-highest number of new infections confirmed by officials on Friday, at 307.

The latest deaths in Poland’s coronavirus outbreak are 209 people with pre-existing medical conditions and 80 who died directly because of COVID-19, the Polish health ministry said.

On Thursday, Poland confirmed 342 deaths and 3,730 new coronavirus infections nationwide, compared with 343 deaths and 4,255 fresh cases a day earlier.

On April 8the country reported its highest daily toll of 954 deaths related to the coronavirus.

On April 1, the Polish health ministry confirmed 35,251 new single-day cases, the most since the pandemic hit the country more than a year ago.

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

12,984 in hospitals, 115,914 quarantined

The health ministry announced on Friday morning that 12,984 COVID-19 patients were in hospitals nationwide, 1,690 of them on ventilators, with a further 115,914 people quarantined for possible coronavirus exposure.

Meanwhile, 2,589,277 people have now recovered from COVID-19 throughout the country, including 4,706 over the last 24 hours, the health ministry also said.

(gs/pk)

Source: IAR, PAP