Almost 300,000 Poles infected by Covid-19 already

There are 18,820 new cases of coronavirus infection confirmed by positive laboratory tests. Since the beginning of the epidemic, as many as 299,049 people have fallen ill in Poland, the Ministry of Health (MZ) informed. A total of 4,851 people died.

"29 people died directly because of Covid-19, while 207 died from coexisting COVID-19 with other conditions," the ministry informed.

According to the data of the department nearly 4.48 million tests were carried out during the pandemic, and 66,000 during the previous day..

This morning, 479,288 people were quarantined, while 47,242 were under epidemiological supervision. 13,931 people were hospitalized (out of 21,506 beds for Covid-19 patients). 1,150 ventilators were occupied (out of 1,663 available in hospitals).

(ISBnews)