In Saitama Prefecture, it was confirmed that 593 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus, and the number of infected people announced per day exceeded 582 on January 16th, the highest ever. It has increased.
The breakdown is
▽ Saitama Prefecture announced 376 people,
▽ Saitama City 123 people,
▽ Kawaguchi City 45 people,
▽ Kawagoe City 31 people,
▽ Koshigaya City 18 people.
As a result, a total of 53,318 people have been announced as infected in Saitama Prefecture.
In addition, Saitama City announced that one of the people who had been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus had died.
With this, infection was confirmed in Saitama Prefecture, and the number of people who died was 847.