Record high of Covid-19 infections in Poland during weekend
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According to data provided on Saturday by the Ministry of Health, as many as 576 new people with confirmed coronavirus infection were reported in Poland. This is the most of new infection cases in our country since the beginning of the pandemic. The vast majority of patients with Covid-19 (346) are miners from the Zofiówka mine in Silesia.
In total, since the beginning of the epidemic, over 4,800 miners from three coal companies have been infected with coronavirus. Śląskie remains the voivodeship with the largest number of confirmed infections in our country.
Ministry of Health spokesman Wojciech Andrusiewicz warned on Saturday that subsequent results regarding miners from the Zofiówka mine will be comparable with Saturday's results.
The level of new infections stayed very high on Sunday. According to health ministry, 575 new cases of coronavirus infection were found (one less than Saturday), and four people died.
