It was announced on the 15th that it was confirmed that 173 new people were infected with the new coronavirus in Saitama prefecture.
Of these, Saitama Prefecture announced 115 people, Saitama City 24 people, Kawaguchi City 18 people, Kawagoe City 10 people, and Koshigaya City 6 people.
In addition, Saitama Prefecture said that the number of patients announced on the 13th was duplicated with those who had been confirmed to be infected before, and the cumulative number of patients will be reduced by one.
With this, a total of 10,712 people have been announced as infected in the prefecture.
In addition, Saitama City announced that one man in his 80s infected with the new coronavirus has died, and the infection has been confirmed in the prefecture, bringing the number of deaths to 174.