In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 16th that 952 new coronavirus infections were confirmed, a decrease of 680 from Monday a week ago.
It is the first time since the 5th of this month that the number of infected people per day has fallen below 1000.
The breakdown is 711 in Saitama Prefecture, 97 in Kawaguchi City, 67 in Saitama City, 53 in Koshigaya City, and 24 in Kawagoe City.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 534,028.
On the other hand, the prefecture announced that three people infected with the new coronavirus have died, and the total number of people who died in the prefecture has reached 1525.