Of the new cases confirmed on Wednesday, the most—3,394—were in the central Mazowieckie region, which includes the national capital Warsaw.
Meanwhile, 2,939 new infections were reported in the western province of Wielkopolskie, which is home to the major city of Poznań.
The latest deaths in Poland’s coronavirus outbreak are 268 people with pre-existing medical conditions and 92 others who died directly because of COVID-19, the health ministry said.
On Tuesday, Poland confirmed 325 deaths and 18,792 new coronavirus infections nationwide, compared with 16 deaths and 9,589 fresh cases a day earlier.
On January 27, the Polish health ministry reported a record daily rise in coronavirus infections, confirming 57,659 new cases, the most since the pandemic hit the country almost two years ago.
On April 8, 2021, the country reported its highest daily toll of 954 deaths related to the coronavirus.
Poland's first case of coronavirus infection was reported on March 4, 2020.
15,903 in hospitals, 188,075 quarantined
The Polish health ministry announced on Wednesday morning that 15,903 COVID-19 patients were in hospitals nationwide, 944 of them on ventilators, with a further 188,075 people quarantined for possible coronavirus exposure.
Meanwhile, 4,969,881 people have now recovered from COVID-19 throughout the country, the health ministry also said.
Polish Health Minister Adam Niedzielski earlier this month announced new, more lenient COVID-19 isolation and quarantine rules and said the pandemic was beginning to ease in the country.
The government has since lifted the quarantine requirement for those who have come into contact with infected persons and shortened the isolation period for people with COVID-19 from 10 to seven days.
Speaking to reporters at a news conference in Warsaw on February 9, Niedzielski said: “We are in fact dealing with the beginning of the end of the pandemic.”
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Source: IAR, PAP