It was announced on the 17th that 1139 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Saitama prefecture.
The number of infected people is nearly four times that of the previous Monday, which was 292, and the number of infected people announced in the prefecture per day has exceeded 1,000 for three consecutive days.
The breakdown is
▽ Saitama Prefecture announced 759 people
▽ Saitama City 165 people
▽ Kawaguchi City 143 people
▽ Koshigaya City 54 people
▽ Kawagoe City 18 people.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 123,969.
There was no announcement of the deceased.