Of the new cases confirmed on Friday, the most—3,671—were in the densely populated southern coal-mining region of Silesia.
Meanwhile, 3,530 new infections were reported in the central Mazowieckie province, which includes the national capital Warsaw.
The latest deaths in Poland’s coronavirus outbreak are 423 people with pre-existing medical conditions and 148 others who died directly because of COVID-19, the health ministry said.
On Thursday, Poland confirmed 562 deaths and 27,458 new coronavirus infections nationwide, compared with 592 deaths and 28,542 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.
23,706 in hospitals, 716,951 quarantined
The Polish health ministry announced on Friday morning that 23,706 COVID-19 patients were in hospitals nationwide, 2,070 of them on ventilators, with a further 716,951 people quarantined for possible coronavirus exposure.
Meanwhile, 3,237,017 people have now recovered from COVID-19 throughout the country, the health ministry also said.
Health Minister Adam Niedzielski this week announced a raft of new coronavirus restrictions in response to a persistently high daily number of infections and the threat from the new, highly transmissible strain of the virus, omicron.
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Source: IAR, PAP