The latest cases bring Poland’s total number of infections during the pandemic to 2,911,549, while the death toll stands at 75,695.
Of the new cases confirmed on Monday, the most—149—were in the central Mazowieckie province, which includes the capital Warsaw.
On Sunday, Poland reported six deaths and 1,090 new coronavirus infections nationwide, compared with 23 deaths and 1,344 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 early last year.
Poland's first case of coronavirus infection was reported on March 4, 2020.
1,840 in hospitals, 81,016 quarantined
The Polish health ministry announced on Monday morning that 1,840 COVID-19 patients were in hospitals nationwide, 170 of them on ventilators, with a further 81,016 people quarantined for possible coronavirus exposure.
Meanwhile, 2,665,103 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 weeks ahead as the Delta variant of the coronavirus begins to spread more quickly.
Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said last week that the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic was expected to reach its height in Poland in November or December, with up to 40,000 daily cases.
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Source: IAR, PAP