It was announced on the 30th that 19 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Saitama prefecture.
The breakdown is 16 in Saitama Prefecture, 1 in Saitama City, 1 in Koshigaya, and 1 in Kawagoe.
Of these, seven preschoolers were confirmed to be infected at an infant facility in the prefecture, and the prefecture is planning to investigate whether it is a cluster.
The number of infected people announced on the 30th was 16 more than Thursday of the previous week, surpassing the same day of the previous week for four consecutive days.
On the other hand, Saitama City announced that it will withdraw one person announced on the 27th of this month, saying that the subsequent PCR test was negative.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 116,077.
There was no announcement of the deceased.