It was announced on the 27th that 1054 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus in Saitama prefecture.



The number of people has decreased by more than 300 compared to Friday a week ago, and it has fallen below the same day of the previous week for 13 consecutive days.



The breakdown is


686 for Saitama Prefecture,


170 for Saitama City


, 95 for Kawaguchi City,


75 for Koshigaya City,


and 28 for Kawagoe City.



As a result, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 547,085.



On the other hand, the prefecture announced that five people infected with the new coronavirus have died, bringing the total number of people dead in the prefecture to 1586.