In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 6th that it was confirmed that 389 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus.
The number of people has decreased by more than 300 compared to Monday a week ago, and it has fallen below the same day of the previous week for 23 consecutive days.
Also, it has been less than 500 people since January 11th, about 5 months ago.
The breakdown of the announcement on the 6th is 316 in Saitama Prefecture, 32 in Kawaguchi City, 17 in Koshigaya City, and 12 in Saitama City and Kawagoe City respectively.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 554,445.
On the other hand, Kawaguchi City announced that three people infected with the new coronavirus have died, and the total number of people who died in the prefecture is 1623.