The latest cases bring Poland’s total number of infections during the pandemic to 2,923,304, while the death toll stands at 75,869.
Of the new cases confirmed on Monday, the most—215—were in the central Mazowieckie province, which includes the national capital Warsaw.
On Sunday, Poland reported five deaths and 1,527 new coronavirus infections nationwide, compared with 29 deaths and 2,012 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.
2,423 in hospitals, 96,742 quarantined
The Polish health ministry announced on Monday morning that 2,423 COVID-19 patients were in hospitals nationwide, 231 of them on ventilators, with a further 96,742 people quarantined for possible coronavirus exposure.
Meanwhile, 2,669,688 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 at the end of last month 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