Poland confirms 168 new coronavirus cases,41 more deaths

Poland on Saturday reported 168 new coronavirus infections and 41 more deaths related to COVID-19, bringing the country's total number of cases during the pandemic to 2,878,634 and fatalities to 74,823.

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Of the new cases confirmed on Saturday, 24 were in the central region of Mazowieckie, which contains the national capital Warsaw.

Meanwhile, the least number of new infections were reported in the Lubuskie and Kujawsko-Pomorskie provinces, only two cases recorded in each of the regions.

The health ministry informed on Saturday morning that 1,534 COVID-19 patients were in hospitals nationwide,down from 1,634 recorded on Friday.  237 of the patients on ventilators, with a further 64,252 people quarantined for possible coronavirus exposure.

Meanwhile, 2,650,194 people have now recovered from COVID-19 throughout the country, the health ministry also said.

A total of 26,206,854 COVID-19 vaccine shots have been administered in Poland so far, with 10,993,055 people having been fully vaccinated, health ministry data shows.

Source IAR