In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 21st that it was confirmed that 1157 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus.
The number of people has decreased by more than 280 compared to Saturday a week ago, and it has fallen below the same day of the previous week for seven consecutive days.
The breakdown is 642 for Saitama Prefecture, 255 for Saitama City, 166 for Kawaguchi City, and 47 for Koshigaya City and Kawagoe City respectively.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 540,707.
In addition, the prefecture announced that three people infected with the new coronavirus have died, bringing the total number of people dead in the prefecture to 1,556.