In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 24th that 690 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, which is more than 70 people compared to Friday a week ago.
The breakdown is 443 for Saitama Prefecture, 129 for Saitama City, 68 for Kawaguchi City, 27 for Koshigaya City, and 23 for Kawagoe City.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 565,164.
In addition, the prefecture announced that two people infected with the new coronavirus have died, and the total number of people who died in the prefecture has reached 1660.