In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 14th that 955 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, which is more than four times the number of 214 people last Friday.
The breakdown is 485 for Saitama Prefecture, 222 for Saitama City, 134 for Kawaguchi City, 70 for Koshigaya City, and 44 for Kawagoe City.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 120,258.
Saitama City also announced that one person infected with the new coronavirus has died.
Since the announcement on the 7th of last month, the number of people who have been confirmed infected and died in the prefecture has reached 1060 in total.