The latest cases bring Poland’s total number of infections during the pandemic to 2,885,461, while the death toll stands at 75,299.
Of the new cases confirmed on Monday, the most—26—were in the western province of Wielkopolskie, which is home to the major city of Poznań.
On Sunday, Poland reported no fatalities and 148 new coronavirus infections nationwide, compared with two deaths and 211 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.
317 in hospitals, 62,393 quarantined
The Polish health ministry announced on Monday morning that 317 COVID-19 patients were in hospitals nationwide, 49 of them on ventilators, with a further 62,393 people quarantined for possible coronavirus exposure.
Meanwhile, 2,655,441 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.
Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki at the start of this month appealed to the public to vaccinate themselves against COVID-19, while also vowing to take strict measures against groups staging attacks on vaccination centres around the country.
Morawiecki earlier called on anti-vaccination activists in the country to stop "waging a campaign of fake news and aggression."
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Source: IAR, PAP
