It was announced on the 9th that it was confirmed that 279 new people were infected with the new coronavirus in Saitama prefecture.
The breakdown is 167 in Saitama Prefecture, 62 in Saitama City, 26 in Kawaguchi City, 13 in Koshigaya City, and 11 in Kawagoe City.
With this, a total of 39,853 people have been announced as infected in the prefecture.
In addition, the prefecture announced that two patients infected with the new coronavirus have died, and now 751 people have been confirmed infected and died in the prefecture.