It was announced on the 19th that 1816 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus in Saitama prefecture.
The number of people below 2000 was the second consecutive day following the 18th, which is a little less than 720 compared to Tuesday a week ago.
The breakdown announced on the 19th is:
▽ Saitama prefecture has 1022 people
▽ Saitama city has 585 people
▽ Kawaguchi city has 113 people
▽ Koshigaya city has 53 people
▽ Kawagoe city has 43 people.
In addition, Saitama City and Kawaguchi City withdrew the two people announced on the 16th and 18th of this month, saying that they were subsequently confirmed to be negative.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 487,527.
On the other hand, the prefecture and Saitama City announced that a total of 5 people were killed after being infected with the new coronavirus, and the total number of people who died in the prefecture was 1426.