It was announced on the 2nd in Saitama Prefecture that 1220 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
Compared to Saturday a week ago, there were more than 570 people, and more than 1000 people for four consecutive days.
The breakdown of the announcement on the 2nd is ▽ Saitama Prefecture 720 people, ▽ Saitama City 294 people, ▽ Kawaguchi City 78 people, ▽ Koshigaya City 77 people ▽ Kawagoe City 51 people.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 571,028.
On the other hand, the prefecture announced that one person infected with the new coronavirus died, and the total number of people who died in the prefecture was 1665.