In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 27th that 2244 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, a decrease of 480 people from Wednesday a week ago.
The breakdown is 1301 for Saitama Prefecture, 534 for Saitama City, 207 for Kawaguchi City, 127 for Koshigaya City, and 75 for Kawagoe City.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 505,983.
In addition, the prefecture and Koshigaya City announced that four people infected with the new coronavirus have died, bringing the total number of people dead in the prefecture to 1,438.