In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 9th that 2546 new cases were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, and the number exceeded 2000 for 4 consecutive days.
In addition, the number of people increased by more than 1,300 compared to Saturday one week ago, surpassing the same day of the previous week for 11 consecutive days.
The breakdown of the announcement on the 9th is 1506 in Saitama Prefecture, 603 in Saitama City, 238 in Kawaguchi City, 113 in Koshigaya City and 86 in Kawagoe City.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 584,565.
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 reached 1667.