In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 21st that 2985 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, a decrease of about 70 people from Monday a week ago.
The breakdown of the announcement on the 21st is that Saitama Prefecture has 2062 people, Saitama City has 486 people, Kawaguchi City has 205 people, Koshigaya City has 124 people, and Kawagoe City has 108 people.
In addition, Kawaguchi City has withdrawn one person announced so far.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 394,679.
In addition, Saitama City and Kawaguchi City announced that a total of four people were killed after being infected with the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of people dead in the prefecture to 1,297.