Poland has reported a daily record of 58 coronavirus-related deaths, the health ministry said, as data showed sharp increases in the number of ventilators and hospital beds being used by Covid-19 patients.

Poland, which has a population of 38 million, has reported 104,316 cases overall and 2,717 deaths, much lower than many other European countries, according to Reuters.

The ministry said that there were 263 ventilators and 3,719 hospital beds devoted to Covid-19 patients, compared with 141 and 2,399 respectively a week ago.

“More and more people are sent for hospital treatment, but also more and more people go to intensive care units, because they require treatment with a ventilator. This is very disturbing,” Deputy Heath Minister Waldemar Kraska told private television broadcaster Polsat News.

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