In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 17th that 617 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, which is 60 more than Friday a week ago.
The breakdown is 352 for Saitama Prefecture, 123 for Saitama City, 65 for Kawaguchi City, 40 for Koshigaya City, and 37 for Kawagoe City.
In addition, the prefecture and Kawaguchi City withdrew because duplicates and negatives were confirmed for a total of 7 people.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 560,792.
Meanwhile, the prefecture and Kawagoe City have announced that four people infected with the new coronavirus have died, bringing the total number of people dead in the prefecture to 1,650.