On the 9th, it was announced that 4944 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus in Saitama prefecture.
The number has increased by 110 from Wednesday a week ago, and has exceeded 4,000 for nine consecutive days.
The breakdown is 2794 for Saitama Prefecture, 1006 for Saitama City, 480 for Kawaguchi City, 448 for Koshigaya City, and 216 for Kawagoe City.
In addition, the prefecture, Saitama City, and Kawaguchi City have withdrawn a total of nine people, saying that there were duplicates with the infected people announced so far.
As a result, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 218,821.
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 1091.