It was announced on the 8th that it was confirmed that 285 new people were infected with the new coronavirus in Saitama prefecture.
The breakdown is 179 for Saitama Prefecture, 58 for Saitama City, 27 for Kawaguchi City, 13 for Koshigaya City, and 8 for Kawagoe City.
With this, a total of 39,574 people have been announced as infected in the prefecture.
In addition, the prefecture announced that one person infected with the new coronavirus had died, and now 749 people have been confirmed infected and died in the prefecture.