In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 3rd that 5,988 people were newly infected with the new coronavirus, falling below 10,000 for the ninth consecutive day.
In addition, there are 1880 fewer people than last Saturday, and it has been below the same day of the previous week for 10 consecutive days.
The breakdown of the announcement on the 3rd is 3787 in Saitama Prefecture, 1269 in Saitama City, 480 in Kawaguchi City, 256 in Koshigaya City, and 196 in Kawagoe City.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture has reached 1,084,089.
On the other hand, the prefecture and Kawaguchi City announced that a total of 18 people died of the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths in the prefecture to 2,147.