In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 7th that 13,008 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
660 fewer than last Sunday.
On the other hand, it is the fifth consecutive day that the number of visitors exceeds 10,000.
The breakdown of the announcement on the 7th is:
▽ 8773 people in Saitama Prefecture,
▽ 1893 people in Saitama City,
▽ 1164 people in Kawaguchi City,
▽ 657 people in Koshigaya City
, and 521 people in Kawagoe City.
In addition, Kawaguchi City withdrew the one person announced on the 4th of this month as being negative.
This brings the total number of confirmed infections in the prefecture to 848,684.
On the other hand, the prefecture and Kawaguchi City announced that a total of eight people died of the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths in the prefecture to 1,737.