In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 7th that 2434 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, and the number exceeded 2000 on the 6th.
In addition, the number of people increased by more than 1,200 compared to Thursday one week ago, surpassing the same day of the previous week for nine consecutive days.
The breakdown is 1464 for Saitama Prefecture, 555 for Saitama City, 196 for Kawaguchi City, 111 for Koshigaya City, and 108 for Kawagoe City.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 579,738.
On the other hand, there was no announcement of the deceased.