It was announced on the 5th that it was confirmed that 941 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus in Saitama prefecture.
The number of infected people per day has fallen below 1,000 since January 14, which is a decrease of more than 1,400 compared to Thursday a week ago.
The breakdown is 664 people from Saitama Prefecture, 150 people from Saitama City, 71 people from Kawaguchi City, 32 people from Kawagoe City, and 24 people from Koshigaya City.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 517,307.
In addition, the prefecture announced that four people infected with the new coronavirus have died, bringing the total number of people who died in the prefecture to 1,468.