In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 16th that 705 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, which is more than 80 people compared to Thursday a week ago.
The breakdown is 446 for Saitama Prefecture, 117 for Saitama City, 67 for Kawaguchi City, 46 for Koshigaya City, and 29 for Kawagoe City.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 560,182.
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 1646.