On the 19th, it was announced that 17 new people were infected with the new coronavirus in Saitama prefecture, which is 8 fewer than last Tuesday.
The breakdown is 10 people from Saitama Prefecture, 3 people each from Saitama City and Kawaguchi City, and 1 person from Koshigaya City.
With this, a total of 115,466 people have been announced as infected in the prefecture.
In addition, the prefecture announced that a total of two people had died after being infected with the new coronavirus, and the number of people who died after being confirmed to be infected in the prefecture was 1027.