It was announced on the 12th in Saitama Prefecture that it was confirmed that 96 new people had been infected with the new coronavirus.
The breakdown is 68 for Saitama Prefecture, 11 for Kawaguchi City, 9 for Koshigaya City, 6 for Saitama City, and 2 for Kawagoe City.
On the other hand, the prefecture withdrew one patient announced on the 10th because it was confirmed to be negative by the subsequent PCR test.
With this, a total of 34,424 people have been announced as infected in the prefecture.
Saitama Prefecture also announced that a total of two patients infected with the new coronavirus have died.
With this, 717 people have been confirmed infected and died in the prefecture.