WARSAW, July 29. /TASS/. The number of coronavirus cases in Poland reached 44,416 people. Meanwhile, 512 infected, 12 deaths were detected over the past day, the country’s Ministry of Health said on Wednesday.
Since March 4, when the first coronavirus case was detected in the country, 1,694 people died, and 33,190 patients recovered. Currently, about 1,600 patients are hospitalized with coronavirus.
To counter the spread of the pandemic, the Polish authorities introduced an epidemic regime in mid-March, which is still in effect, despite the fact that most of the restrictions adopted to counter the spread of coronavirus have already been lifted - shopping centers, restaurants, services, and cultural facilities have opened. So far, social distance of 2 meters remains the main rule.
In late December 2019, Chinese officials notified the World Health Organization (WHO) about the outbreak of a previously unknown pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, in central China. Since then, cases of the novel coronavirus - named COVID-19 by the WHO - have been reported in every corner of the globe, including Russia.
On March 11, 2020, the WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. According to the latest statistics, over 16,908,600 people have been infected worldwide and more than 663,000 deaths have been reported. In addition, so far, over 10,472,800 individuals have recovered from the illness across the globe.
To date, 828,990 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Russia, with 620,333 patients having recovered from the disease. Russia’s latest data indicates 13,673 fatalities nationwide. Earlier, the Russian government set up an Internet hotline to keep the public updated on the coronavirus situation.