In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 26th that 4129 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus, an increase of more than 720 people compared to Saturday a week ago.
It is the first time since the 16th of this month, 10 days ago, that the number of infected people per day has exceeded the same day of the previous week.
The breakdown of the announcement on the 26th is that Saitama Prefecture has 2845 people, Saitama City has 570 people, Kawaguchi City has 324 people, Koshigaya City has 287 people, and Kawagoe City has 103 people.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 410,265.
In addition, the prefecture announced that nine people infected with the new coronavirus have died, bringing the total number of people dead in the prefecture to 1,348.