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Poland reports 91 new coronavirus cases, no new deaths

02.08.2021 10:35
Poland on Monday reported 91 new coronavirus infections and no new deaths related to COVID-19.
Polands Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (right) and Health Minister Adam Niedzielski (left) attend a news conference last week.
Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (right) and Health Minister Adam Niedzielski (left) attend a news conference last week.Photo: PAP/Paweł Supernak

The latest cases bring Poland’s total number of infections during the pandemic to 2,883,120, while the death toll stands at 75,261.

Of the new cases confirmed on Mondaythe most—12—were in the southern coal mining region of Silesia.

On Sunday, Poland reported no fatalities and 91 new coronavirus infections nationwide, compared with two deaths and 153 fresh cases a day earlier.

On April 8the 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.

271 in hospitals, 76,407 quarantined

The Polish health ministry announced on Monday morning that 271 COVID-19 patients were in hospitals nationwide, 38 of them on ventilators, with a further 76,407 people quarantined for possible coronavirus exposure.

Meanwhile, 2,653,900 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