In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 12th that 2541 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus, which is a decrease of about 40 people compared to Tuesday a week ago.
The breakdown is 1513 for Saitama Prefecture, 752 for Saitama City, 139 for Kawaguchi City, 86 for Koshigaya City, and 51 for Kawagoe City.
In addition, Saitama City withdrew the two people announced on April 9th and 10th, saying that they were found to be negative in the subsequent tests.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 468,970.
On the other hand, the prefecture and Koshigaya City have announced that a total of three people have died after being infected with the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of people dead in the prefecture to 1414.