The country's Health Ministry reported 657 new cases and seven deaths, taking the total number of cases since the pandemic began to 45,688 and the death toll to 1,716. Officials said 227 of the new cases were in the Silesia region, where there has been an outbreak among coal miners.
Poland has reported fewer cases of COVID-19 than some other European countries but the number of new infections is climbing.
And a Health Ministry spokesman said high numbers of new cases were expected over the coming days.
Government spokesman Piotr Muller said Warsaw would discuss the situation and what action to take at a meeting today as the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise across Europe.
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He said: "We will discuss current restrictions and their execution and there will also be a discussion about introducing quarantine rules from certain countries."
Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki warned yesterday that further restrictions could be reintroduced to curb the spread.
Fears of a second wave of coronavirus infections are continuing to mount with Germany, France, Spain and the UK also reporting recent surges in cases.
Britain has already reimposed a 14-day quarantine period on people arriving from Spain as the number of infections there started to soar again.
Luxembourg was added to the quarantine list last night with all arrivals ordered to self-isolate for 14 days.
And officials warned further travel restrictions could be imposed in the coming days.
The Health Secretary said: "The number of cases have gone up sharply in some countries in Europe.
"France now has more cases than we do, per day, and in Spain we saw the numbers shoot up which is why we had to take the rapid action that we did."
France reported almost 1,400 new cases on Wednesday, the highest daily increase in more than a month.
Mr Hancock said the authorities were working on possible ways to shorten the quarantine period for people coming from Spain, such as by testing them during the quarantine period.
Office for National Statistics date published yesterday showed the UK suffered the highest rate of excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic in a comparison of 21 European countries.
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