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Poland reports 946 new coronavirus cases, 117 more deaths

28.05.2021 10:35
Poland on Friday reported 946 new coronavirus infections and 117 more deaths, bringing the country's total number of cases during the pandemic to 2,870,595 and fatalities to 73,557.
Poland on Friday allowed restaurants to resume inside dining as the government eases COVID-19 curbs amid a fall in fresh infections.
Poland on Friday allowed restaurants to resume inside dining as the government eases COVID-19 curbs amid a fall in fresh infections.Photo: PAP/Darek Delmanowicz

Of the new cases confirmed on Friday123 were in the densely populated southern coal-mining region of Silesia.

Meanwhile, 113 new infections were reported in the central region of Mazowieckie, which includes the national capital Warsaw.

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 Friday, at 110.

The latest deaths in Poland’s coronavirus outbreak are 82 people with pre-existing medical conditions and 35 who died directly because of COVID-19, the Polish health ministry said.

On Thursday, Poland confirmed 135 deaths and 1,230 new coronavirus infections nationwide, compared with 209 deaths and 1,267 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.

5,909 in hospitals, 81,171 quarantined

The health ministry announced on Friday morning that 5,909 COVID-19 patients were in hospitals nationwide, 805 of them on ventilators, with a further 81,171 people quarantined for possible coronavirus exposure.

Meanwhile, 2,634,711 people have now recovered from COVID-19 throughout the country, including 2,228 over the last 24 hours, the health ministry also said.

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Source: IAR, PAP