On the 17th, it was announced that 5569 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Saitama Prefecture.
The number of infected people on Thursday decreased by 375 from the highest number a week ago, but has exceeded 4,000 for 17 consecutive days.
The breakdown is 3235 for Saitama Prefecture, 1204 for Saitama City, 574 for Kawaguchi City, 392 for Koshigaya City, and 164 for Kawagoe City.
In addition, Kawaguchi City has announced that it will withdraw one person announced so far.
As a result, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 260,728.
In addition, a total of three deaths were announced in Koshigaya City and Kawagoe City, bringing the total number of deaths to 1,125.