It was announced on the 16th in Saitama Prefecture that it was confirmed that 96 new people had been infected with the new coronavirus.



The breakdown is 64 for Saitama Prefecture, 16 for Saitama City, 12 for Kawaguchi City, and 4 for Koshigaya City.



As a result, a total of 31,069 people have been announced as infected in the prefecture.

Saitama Prefecture also announced that five people infected with the new coronavirus have died.



With this, the number of people who have been confirmed infected and died in the prefecture is 676.