In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 23rd that 2114 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, a decrease of more than 1800 from Wednesday a week ago.
The breakdown of the announcement on the 23rd is that Saitama Prefecture has 1504 people, Saitama City has 304 people, Koshigaya City has 160 people, Kawaguchi City has 90 people, and Kawagoe City has 56 people.
In addition, Kawaguchi City withdrew the one announced on the 16th of this month because it overlapped with the previously announced one.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 398,418.
In addition, the prefecture and Saitama City announced that a total of 12 people were killed after being infected with the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of people who died in the prefecture to 1318.