It was announced on the 15th in Saitama Prefecture that it was confirmed that 246 new people were infected with the new coronavirus.
The breakdown is 149 from Saitama Prefecture, 40 from Saitama City, 39 from Kawaguchi City, 13 from Koshigaya City, and 5 from Kawagoe City.
With this, a total of 41,337 people have been announced as infected in the prefecture.
In addition, the prefecture, Saitama City, and Kawaguchi City announced that a total of four people had died after being infected with the new coronavirus, and the number of people confirmed to have been infected in the prefecture was 762.