In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 1st that it was confirmed that 702 new people were infected with the new coronavirus.
The number of people decreased by 530 compared to Wednesday a week ago, and it was below the same day of the previous week for 18 consecutive days.
The breakdown of the announcement is 373 in Saitama Prefecture, 183 in Saitama City, 89 in Kawaguchi City, 43 in Koshigaya City, and 14 in Kawagoe City.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 551,240.
On the other hand, the prefecture and Saitama City announced that a total of 5 people were killed after being infected with the new coronavirus, and the total number of people who died in the prefecture was 1,607.