It was announced on the 8th that 6027 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Saitama prefecture.
The number of people increased by more than 1,400 from Tuesday a week ago, the highest number on Tuesday, and exceeded 5,000 for four consecutive days.
The breakdown is 4061 for Saitama Prefecture, 1353 for Saitama City, 282 for Koshigaya City, 211 for Kawaguchi City, and 120 for Kawagoe City.
In addition, Kawaguchi City withdrew three people because it overlapped with the infected people announced so far.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 213,886.
On the other hand, the prefecture and Saitama City announced that a total of 7 people were killed after being infected with the new coronavirus, and the number of people who died in the prefecture was 1084.