In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 15th that 1173 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus, which was about 3.5 times the number of 332 people on Saturday of the previous week.
It is the first time since September 4th last year that the number of infected people in the prefecture has exceeded 1000 per day.
The breakdown is
615 for Saitama Prefecture,
337 for Saitama City,
104 for Kawaguchi City,
62 for Koshigaya City,
and 55 for Kawagoe City.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 121,431.
There was no announcement of the deceased.