In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 7th that 1398 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus, an increase of 59 people compared to Saturday a week ago.
This is the first time we have exceeded the previous week since the 25th of last month.
The breakdown is 807 in Saitama Prefecture, 483 in Saitama City, 50 in Kawaguchi City, 35 in Kawagoe City, and 23 in Koshigaya City.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 591,725.
In addition, the prefecture announced that six people infected with the new coronavirus have died, bringing the total number of deaths in the prefecture to 1,480.