On the 21st in Saitama Prefecture, it was announced that 117 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
This is the highest number of confirmed infections ever announced on Monday.
The breakdown is 90 announcements from Saitama Prefecture, 13 from Koshigaya City, 7 from Kawaguchi City, 6 from Saitama City, and 1 from Kawagoe City.
In addition, Saitama Prefecture will reduce the cumulative number of confirmed infections by 3 for 3 men and women who announced on the 20th that they were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, assuming that they overlapped with the 3 who announced on the 19th. Was announced.
As a result, 11,786 people have been announced to be infected in the prefecture.
In addition, Saitama Prefecture and Saitama City announced that three people infected with the new coronavirus have died.
With this, infection was confirmed in the prefecture, and 180 people died.