In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 20th that 11,496 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus.
Compared to last Saturday, there were more than 4,700 people, and it exceeded the same day of the previous week for the second consecutive day.
The breakdown is 7435 in Saitama Prefecture, 2232 in Saitama City, 822 in Kawaguchi City, 582 in Koshigaya City, and 425 in Kawagoe City.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture has reached 975,096.
In addition, the prefecture announced that 15 people infected with the new coronavirus died, bringing the total number of people who died in the prefecture to 1,898.