On the 7th, it was announced that 442 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Saitama Prefecture.
In addition to a decrease of 320 people compared to Tuesday a week ago, it has fallen below 500 people for 24 consecutive days on the same day of the previous week for 2 consecutive days.
The breakdown is 214 for Saitama Prefecture, 156 for Saitama City, 30 for Kawaguchi City, 26 for Koshigaya City, and 16 for Kawagoe City.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 554,887.
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 has reached 1626.