In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 2nd that 1045 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, which is a decrease of 540 people compared to Monday a week ago.
The breakdown of the announcement on the 2nd is 733 in Saitama Prefecture, 114 in Kawaguchi City, 69 in Saitama City, 67 in Kawagoe City, and 62 in Koshigaya City.
As a result, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 514,080.
In addition, the prefecture and Koshigaya City announced that a total of five people were killed after being infected with the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths in the prefecture to 1,456.