In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced on the 17th that 4,336 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
Compared to last Saturday, there are about 300 less people, and it has been below the same day of the previous week for 24 consecutive days.
The breakdown is 2712 in Saitama Prefecture, 770 in Saitama City, 421 in Kawaguchi City, 273 in Koshigaya City, and 160 in Kawagoe City.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture has reached 1,152,256.
In addition, the prefecture, Koshigaya City, and Kawaguchi City announced that a total of 7 people died of the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of people who died in the prefecture to 2,327.