Of the new cases confirmed on Wednesday, the most—20 each—were in the southern coal mining region of Silesia and the neighbouring province of Małopolskie, which is home to Poland's second-largest city of Kraków.
The latest deaths in Poland’s coronavirus outbreak are two people with pre-existing medical conditions and one person who died directly because of COVID-19, the health ministry said.
On Tuesday, Poland confirmed seven new deaths and 106 new coronavirus infections nationwide.
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 early last year.
Poland's first case of coronavirus infection was reported on March 4, 2020.
308 in hospitals, 81,796 quarantined
The Polish health ministry announced on Wednesday morning that 308 COVID-19 patients were in hospitals nationwide, 44 of them on ventilators, with a further 81,796 people quarantined for possible coronavirus exposure.
Meanwhile, 2,653,446 people have now recovered from COVID-19 throughout the country, the health ministry also said.
Officials have warned that the number of COVID-19 infections in the country could rise in the coming weeks as the Delta variant of the coronavirus begins to spread more quickly.
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Source: IAR, PAP