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Restrictions are renewed in 19 regions of Greater Poland, Lesser Poland, Lodz and the Silesian Voivodeship. “There are areas where morbidity is increasing rapidly and it is necessary to respond,” said the minister.
On Thursday, Poland reported a new record 726 coronavirus cases in the last day, the highest number since the epidemic began. This is announced by Reuters.
According to Szumowski, the spread of COVID-19 shows the need to move away from a careless approach. “If we do not want the coronavirus to spread through Poland, we must follow the sanitation regime and wear masks in public places,” the minister said.
The government decree will take effect on August 8.
According to the representatives of the Ministry of Health, it is planned to update the list of regions where it is necessary to update surveillance twice a week. On a special map produced by the agency, regions with a poor epidemiological situation are marked in red.
To date, 48,789 cases of coronavirus infection have been reported in Poland and 1,756 people have died. Over the last week, between 500 and 600 new cases have been registered daily in the country. Szumowski warned that the daily increase in the number of infections could reach 700 in the next few days.
In Poland, 726 new cases of COVID-19 coronavirus infection were detected in the last day, and this number is the highest in the country since the epidemic began in March, the Polish public radio reported this Thursday, information from the services of Health.
Another 18 people died, authorities said.
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country rose to 49,515 and the number of deaths to 1,774.
The ministry said 137 of the newly diagnosed infections were in the southern Silesian coal mining region, where the disease spread among local mining workers.
On the eve, 640 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the country.
1,913 coronavirus patients were still being treated in Polish hospitals on Thursday morning; 72 of these require artificial lung ventilation.
The total number of people recovered amounted to 35,642, added the Ministry of Health.
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