In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 24th that 3573 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, a decrease of 500 people from Thursday a week ago.
The breakdown is 2134 for Saitama Prefecture, 635 for Saitama City, 383 for Koshigaya City, 251 for Kawaguchi City, and 170 for Kawagoe City.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 401,991.
In addition, the prefecture and Kawaguchi City announced that a total of 10 people were killed after being infected with the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of people who died in the prefecture to 1,328.