In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 17th that 9,990 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
Compared to last Wednesday, the number of people was less than 3,000, and it was the 11th consecutive day that the number of people had fallen below the same day of the previous week.
The breakdown is as follows:
▽ Saitama Prefecture announced 6227 people,
▽ Saitama City 2033 people,
▽ Kawaguchi City 722 people,
▽ Koshigaya City 550 people,
▽ Kawagoe City 458 people
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With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture has reached 941,087.
On the other hand, the prefecture, Saitama City, and Kawagoe City announced that a total of 13 people died of the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of people who died in the prefecture to 1,852.