Of the new cases confirmed on Tuesday, 30 were in the central region of Mazowieckie, which includes the national capital Warsaw.
Meanwhile, 27 new infections were reported in the neighbouring province of Łódzkie, which is home to Poland's third-largest city of Łódź.
The eastern province of Lubelskie, which is home to the major city of Lublin, had the third-highest number of new infections confirmed by officials on Tuesday, at 25.
The latest deaths in Poland’s coronavirus outbreak are 42 people with pre-existing medical conditions and 10 who died directly because of COVID-19, the Polish health ministry said.
On Monday, Poland confirmed one death and 140 new coronavirus infections nationwide, compared with 11 deaths and 227 fresh cases a day earlier.
On April 8, the 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.
1,962 in hospitals, 60,547 quarantined
The health ministry announced on Tuesday morning that 1,962 COVID-19 patients were in hospitals nationwide, 277 of them on ventilators, with a further 60,547 people quarantined for possible coronavirus exposure.
Meanwhile, 2,649,080 people have now recovered from COVID-19 throughout the country, the health ministry also said.
(gs/pk)
Source: IAR, PAP