In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 8th that 3580 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus, which is a decrease of 450 people compared to Friday a week ago.
The breakdown of the announcement on the 8th is:
▽ Saitama Prefecture has 2108 people
▽ Saitama City has 812 people
▽ Kawaguchi City has 348 people
▽ Kawagoe City and Koshigaya City have 156 people each.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 455,550.
In addition, the prefecture, Kawaguchi City, and Koshigaya City announced the deaths of a total of four people infected with the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths in the prefecture to 1,407.