In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 15th that 1633 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, a decrease of more than 280 from Sunday a week ago.
The breakdown of the announcement on the 15th is 1106 in Saitama Prefecture, 251 in Saitama City, 165 in Kawaguchi City, 68 in Koshigaya City, and 43 in Kawagoe City.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 533,076.
Meanwhile, the prefecture has announced that three people infected with the new coronavirus have died.
The total number of people who died in the prefecture is 1522.