On the 23rd, it was announced that 18 new people were infected with the new coronavirus in Saitama prefecture, which is 4 fewer than last Saturday.



The breakdown is 9 for Saitama City, 6 for Saitama Prefecture, 2 for Kawaguchi City, and 1 for Koshigaya City.



With this, a total of 115,524 people have been announced as infected in the prefecture.



In addition, the prefecture announced that two people infected with the new coronavirus had died, and the number of people who were confirmed infected and died in the prefecture was 1033.