In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 2nd that 6,204 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus, falling below 10,000 for the eighth consecutive day.
In addition, there are about 2,700 fewer people than last Friday, and it has been below the same day of the previous week for 9 consecutive days.
The breakdown is as follows:
▽ Saitama Prefecture announced 3995 people,
▽ Saitama City 1078 people,
▽ Kawaguchi City 597 people,
▽ Koshigaya City 388 people,
▽ Kawagoe City 146 people.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture has reached 1,078,101.
On the other hand, the prefecture and Saitama City announced that a total of 18 people died of the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of people who died in the prefecture to 2,129.