Last week, tests confirmed 21,927 coronavirus infections, including 3,912 re-infections. 157 people with COVID-19 died, the Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday. A week ago, on 24 August, 26 969 new cases of coronavirus and 138 deaths were reported.

The infections had place in the provinces of: Mazowieckie (3308), Śląskie (2746), Małopolskie (1914), Wielkopolskie (1740), Lubelskie (1462), Łódzkie (1403), Dolnośląskie (1365), Podkarpackie-ego (1257), Kujawsko-pomorskie (1053), Pomorskie (1019), Podlaskie (922), Zachodniopomorskie (840), Warmińsko-mazurskie (815), Świętokrzyskie (795), Opolskie (559), Lubuskie (470). The 259 infections are unaddressed data, which will be completed by the health inspection.

The Health Minister stated that the apogee of the next wave of coronavirus may not come until the turn of the year. “There is less and less danger of a repeat of the drastic scenarios”, he said. According to him, it is highly unlikely that the Covidian-related restrictions will return in their most severe dimension this winter.

Models developed by the University of Warsaw show that during the autumn wave of the coronavirus, the demand for beds could be between 12,000 and 15,000 per day. And during this wave between 6,000 and 10,000 people on COVID-19 could die.

“We are constantly in contact with the University of Warsaw, the Wrocław University of Science and Technology, and we also have our own team. What we are observing now, that is, the peak of the summer wave and it means that the next wave will rather be postponed. This is the most likely scenario,” said Health Minister Adam Niedzielski.

As he explained, this is due to the fact that Poland is now at the apogee of the omicron wave version BA.5. It is highly contagious and results in the fact that probably most of the population has been in contact with this variant and is either getting sick or acquiring some immunity.

Arkadiusz Slomczynski