It was announced on the 8th that it was confirmed that 332 new people were infected with the new coronavirus in Saitama prefecture.
It is the first time since September 17th last year that the number of infected people in the prefecture has exceeded 300 per day.
The breakdown is 185 for Saitama Prefecture, 86 for Saitama City, 36 for Kawaguchi City, 17 for Koshigaya City, and 8 for Kawagoe City.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 116,950.
There was no announcement of the deceased.
Meanwhile, the prefecture revealed that one man in his twenties, who was confirmed infected on the 7th, had been vaccinated three times.
This is the first time that an infection has been confirmed after vaccination three times in the prefecture.