In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 29th that it was confirmed that 997 new people were infected with the new coronavirus.
The number of people has decreased by 180 compared to the previous Sunday, and it has fallen below the same day of the previous week for 15 consecutive days.
In addition, the number of people below 2000 has been below 2000 for the 30th consecutive day since April 30th.
The breakdown of the announcement on the 29th is:
▽ Saitama prefecture has 659 people
▽ Saitama city has 131 people
▽ Kawaguchi city has 126 people
▽ Koshigaya city has 52 people
▽ Kawagoe city has 29 people.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 549,075.
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 is 1593.