On the 22nd, it was announced that 1626 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus in Saitama prefecture, which is a decrease of 720 people compared to Tuesday a week ago.
It is the first time since January 18th that the number of infected people per day has fallen below 2000.
The breakdown of the announcement on the 22nd is
▽ Saitama Prefecture with 1143 people,
▽ Saitama City with 272 people,
▽ Kawaguchi City with 134 people,
▽ Koshigaya City with 44 people, and
▽ Kawagoe City with 33 people.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 396,305.
In addition, the prefecture, Saitama City, and Kawaguchi City announced that a total of nine people had died after being infected with the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of people dead in the prefecture to 1,306.