In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 19th that 3401 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus, a decrease of about 500 people from Saturday a week ago.
The breakdown is 2182 for Saitama Prefecture, 603 for Saitama City, 283 for Kawaguchi City, 213 for Koshigaya City, and 120 for Kawagoe City.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 388,374.
In addition, the prefecture and Saitama City announced that a total of 6 people were killed after being infected with the new coronavirus, and the total number of people who died in the prefecture was 1291.