In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced that 8,156 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus on the 22nd.
Compared to last Monday, the number of people has increased by more than 1,000, and it has exceeded the same day of the previous week for four consecutive days.
The breakdown is as follows:
▽ Saitama Prefecture announced 6127 people,
▽ Kawaguchi City 645 people,
▽ Saitama City 575 people,
▽ Kawagoe City 408 people,
▽ Koshigaya City 401 people.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture has reached 994,701.
In addition, the prefecture and Saitama City announced that a total of 19 people died of the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of people who died in the prefecture to 1,933.