In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 4th that 1267 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus, which is a decrease of nearly 1000 people compared to Wednesday a week ago.
The breakdown is ▽ Saitama Prefecture's announcement of 770 people,
▽ Saitama City of 175 people,
▽ Kawaguchi City of 151 people,
▽ Kawagoe City of 97 people, and
▽ Koshigaya City of 74 people.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 516,366.
In addition, the prefecture, Kawagoe City, and Koshigaya City announced that a total of five people had died after being infected with the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths in the prefecture to 1464.