On the 18th, it was announced that 1511 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Saitama Prefecture.
It is the first time since the 22nd of last month that the number of infected people announced in a day has dropped by more than 2,140 compared to Monday a week ago.
The breakdown announced on the 18th is that Saitama Prefecture has 1067 people, Kawaguchi City has 202 people, Saitama City has 90 people, Koshigaya City has 89 people, and Kawagoe City has 63 people.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 485,713.
On the other hand, the prefecture announced that one person infected with the new coronavirus died, and the total number of people who died in the prefecture was 1421.