In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 16th that 2766 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, a decrease of 890 from Saturday a week ago.
The breakdown announced on the 16th is: ▽ Saitama Prefecture has 1723 people, ▽ Saitama City has 503 people, ▽ Kawaguchi City has 280 people, ▽ Koshigaya City has 163 people, and ▽ Kawagoe City has 97 people.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 481,635.
On the other hand, Koshigaya City announced that one person infected with the new coronavirus died, and the total number of people who died in the prefecture was 1420.