It was announced on the 3rd that 1021 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus in Saitama prefecture, which is a decrease of 720 people compared to Tuesday a week ago.
The breakdown of the announcement on the 3rd is 456 in Saitama Prefecture, 403 in Saitama City, 87 in Kawaguchi City, 45 in Kawagoe City, and 30 in Koshigaya City.
On the other hand, Kawaguchi City withdrew the two people announced on May 2 because they were duplicated.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 515,099.
In addition, the prefecture announced that a total of three people were killed after being infected with the new coronavirus, and the total number of people who died in the prefecture was 1,459.