On the 28th, it was announced that 993 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus in Saitama prefecture.
The number of people has decreased by more than 160 compared to Saturday a week ago, and it has fallen below the same day of the previous week for 14 consecutive days.
The breakdown of the announcement on the 28th is that Saitama Prefecture has 606 people, Saitama City has 190 people, Kawaguchi City has 132 people, Koshigaya City has 34 people, and Kawagoe City has 31 people.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 548,078.
On the other hand, the prefecture and Kawaguchi City have announced that a total of four people have died after being infected with the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of people dead in the prefecture to 1,590.