In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 8th that 1920 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, an increase of more than 700 people compared to Sunday a week ago.
The breakdown is as follows:
▽ Saitama Prefecture announced 1178 people,
▽ Saitama City 357 people,
▽ Kawaguchi City 163 people,
▽ Koshigaya City 129 people,
▽ Kawagoe City 93 people.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 521,645.
In addition, the prefecture announced that three people infected with the new coronavirus have died, bringing the total number of people who died in the prefecture to 1483.