In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 10th that 1166 new people had been infected with the new coronavirus, surpassing 1000 people for 8 consecutive days, the highest number on Tuesday.
The breakdown is 907 for Saitama Prefecture, 100 for Kawaguchi City, 79 for Saitama City, 65 for Koshigaya City, and 15 for Kawagoe City.
As a result, a total of 68,446 people have been announced as infected in the prefecture.
In addition, the prefecture announced that two people who had been infected with the new coronavirus had died, and now 857 people have been confirmed infected and died in the prefecture.