In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 19th that 1536 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus, a decrease of about 240 people compared to Thursday a week ago, and the same as the previous week for 5 consecutive days. It was below the day of the week.
The breakdown is 956 for Saitama Prefecture, 276 for Saitama City, 217 for Kawaguchi City, 50 for Koshigaya City, and 37 for Kawagoe City.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 538,192.
In addition, the prefecture announced that six people infected with the new coronavirus have died, bringing the total number of people dead in the prefecture to 1,544.