Of the new cases confirmed on Saturday, the most—2,879—were in the central Mazowieckie province, which includes the national capital Warsaw.
Meanwhile, 2,581 new infections were reported in the densely populated southern coal-mining region of Silesia.
The latest deaths in Poland’s coronavirus outbreak are 398 people with pre-existing medical conditions and 145 others who died directly because of COVID-19, the health ministry said.
On Friday, Poland confirmed 566 deaths and 20,027 new coronavirus infections nationwide, compared with 592 deaths and 22,097 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.
23,641 in hospitals, 589,220 quarantined
The Polish health ministry announced on Saturday morning that 23,641 COVID-19 patients were in hospitals nationwide, 2,088 of them on ventilators, with a further 589,220 people quarantined for possible coronavirus exposure.
Meanwhile, 3,412,313 people have now recovered from COVID-19 throughout the country, the health ministry also said.
Public health authorities on Friday confirmed Poland's second case of the omicron COVID-19 variant.
Earlier this week, a range of new coronavirus restrictions took effect in the country as it seeks to fend off the new, highly contagious strain of the coronavirus.
(ał)
Source: IAR, PAP
