On the 23rd, it was announced that 12,424 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Saitama Prefecture.
The number of infected people announced in a day reached a record high for the third consecutive day.
It's also about double that of Saturday a week ago.
The breakdown is 8101 for Saitama Prefecture, 2533 for Saitama City, 938 for Kawaguchi City, 569 for Koshigaya City, and 283 for Kawagoe City.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture is 670,125.
On the other hand, there was no announcement of the deceased.