In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 17th that it was confirmed that 135 new people had been infected with the new coronavirus.
The breakdown is 78 for Saitama Prefecture, 24 for Saitama City, 18 for Kawaguchi City, 10 for Kawagoe City, and 5 for Koshigaya City.
With this, a total of 41,688 people have been announced as infected in the prefecture.
In addition, the prefecture and Saitama City announced that a total of four people had died after being infected with the new coronavirus, and the number of people confirmed to be infected in the prefecture was 766.