It was announced on the 5th in Saitama Prefecture that 1089 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
Compared to Tuesday a week ago, there were more than 600 people, surpassing the same day of the previous week for seven consecutive days.
The breakdown of the announcement on the 5th is Saitama City with 500 people, Saitama Prefecture with 484 people, Kawaguchi City and Koshigaya City with 38 people each, and Kawagoe City with 29 people.
As a result, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 575,261.
On the other hand, there was no announcement of the deceased.