In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 13th that 886 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, which is about 6 times the number of 150 people on Thursday of the previous week.
It is the first time since September 5th last year that the number of infected people in the prefecture exceeds 800 per day.
The breakdown is 481 for Saitama Prefecture, 221 for Saitama City, 91 for Kawaguchi City, 72 for Koshigaya City, and 21 for Kawagoe City.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 119,303.
There was no announcement of the deceased.