Of the new cases confirmed on Tuesday, the most—20—were in the southern province of Małopolskie, which is home to Poland's second-largest city of Kraków.
The latest deaths in Poland’s coronavirus outbreak are six people with pre-existing medical conditions and one person who died directly because of COVID-19, the health ministry said.
On Monday, Poland confirmed no new deaths and 74 new coronavirus infections nationwide, compared with one death and 82 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.
309 in hospitals, 84,492 quarantined
The Polish health ministry announced on Tuesday morning that 309 COVID-19 patients were in hospitals nationwide, 46 of them on ventilators, with a further 84,492 people quarantined for possible coronavirus exposure.
Meanwhile, 2,653,407 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 coming weeks as the Delta variant of the coronavirus begins to spread more quickly.
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Source: IAR, PAP