Poland expects high number of new COVID-19 cases in coming days

Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ruda Slaska

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland expects "high numbers" of new coronavirus cases in the coming days, the Health Ministry said after it reported on Thursday its highest daily rise in new infections since the start of the pandemic.

The ministry spokesman said that two regions in southern Poland, including the Silesia coal mining one, are mostly responsible for the jump in daily cases on Thursday

Poland has reported a total of 45,031 infections and 1,709 deaths so far. On Thursday, the ministry said Poland had 615 new cases.

(Reporting by Pawel Florkiewicz; Writing by Agnieszka Barteczko; Editing by Alison Williams)