In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 31st that 8,176 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus.
It was the sixth day in a row that the number of people fell below 10,000, a decrease of more than 2,700 compared to last Wednesday.
The breakdown is
▽ Saitama Prefecture announced 5240 people
▽ Saitama City 1454 people
▽ Kawaguchi City 766 people
▽ Koshigaya City 470 people
▽ Kawagoe City 246 people.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture has reached 1,064,404.
On the other hand, the prefecture and Kawaguchi City announced that a total of 17 people died of the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of people who died in the prefecture to 2,093.