3,890 cases of coronavirus infection and 17 deaths

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Adam Niedzielski: 929,000 people have already received two doses of the vaccine

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3,890 new cases of coronavirus infection and 17 more deaths – such data was provided by the health ministry on Monday, February 22. The total number of recorded infections since the beginning of the epidemic in Poland has therefore increased to 1,642,658, while 42,188 patients have died so far.

The number of people identified as convalescents increased by 5,959 (to 1,384,373). The number of Poles sent to quarantine has changed over the last day – currently there are 147,208 of them, which means a decrease by 8,892 compared to the previous day. The number of occupied respirators decreased by 4, while the number of occupied beds increased by 259. This means that 48.76 percent are currently available for covid patients. free respirators and 50.97 percent. vacant beds.

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New cases of coronavirus infection concern the following voivodeships: Mazowieckie (699), Pomorskie (545), Podkarpackie (363), Lskie (306), Dolnolskie (254), Małopolskie (234), Kujawsko-Pomorskie (217), Wielkopolskie (217), Lubuskie (204), Warmińsko-Mazurskie (158), Łódzkie (138), Zachodniopomorskie (111), Lublin (101), Witokrzyskie (85), Podlasie (79), Opole (52). 127 infections are data without specifying an address, which will be completed by the sanitary inspection.

“3 people died due to COVID-19, while 14 people died due to the coexistence of COVID-19 with other diseases” – added the Ministry of Health.

– If the new mutations grow systematically, the acceleration of infections may be greater. It must be said all the time that we must act prudently and protect ourselves. I am talking about the application of the DDM rule – disinfection, distance, masks. Vaccinations do not yet have such a damaging effect and stop the pandemic – said the Minister of Health about the current pandemic situation on TVN24. The politician emphasized that it is the application of the sanitary regime that determines how quickly the third wave of coronavirus infections in Poland “accelerates”. The head of the ministry emphasized that 10 percent of the samples tested are mutations of the coronavirus.

“The first dose of vaccine reduces viral transmission by about 2/3”