In Saitama Prefecture, it was announced that 2222 new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus on the 21st.
That's 3,800 fewer people than last Wednesday, and it's the 28th consecutive day that the number has fallen below the same day of the previous week.
The breakdown of the announcement on the 21st is
▽ 1020 people in Saitama City,
903 people in Saitama Prefecture,
133 people in Kawaguchi City
, 99 people in Koshigaya City
, and 67 people in Kawagoe City.
With this, the total number of people who have been announced to be infected in the prefecture has reached 1,163,383.
On the other hand, Kawagoe City and the prefecture announced that a total of five people infected with the new coronavirus died, bringing the total number of deaths in the prefecture to 2,341.