In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 2nd that 3244 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, a decrease of 885 from Saturday a week ago.
The breakdown is as follows:
▽ Saitama Prefecture announced 1815 people,
▽ Saitama City 795 people,
▽ Kawaguchi City 280 people,
▽ Koshigaya City 216 people,
▽ Kawagoe City 138 people.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 435,628.
In addition, Kawagoe City announced that one man in his 90s infected with the new coronavirus has died, bringing the total number of deaths in the prefecture to 1,396.