It was announced on the 8th that it was confirmed that 496 new people were infected with the new coronavirus in Saitama prefecture.
The number of infected people per day exceeded 460 on the 7th, setting a new record high for 4 consecutive days.
The breakdown is 277 in Saitama Prefecture, 106 in Saitama City, 67 in Kawaguchi City, 27 in Koshigaya City, and 19 in Kawagoe City.
With this, a total of 16,892 people have been announced as infected in the prefecture.
In addition, Saitama Prefecture and Kawaguchi City announced that a total of 6 patients infected with the new coronavirus had died, and the number of people confirmed to be infected in the prefecture was 244.