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This is a passage of an article about corona virus. I want to know the
function of these と particles.

> それによると、19日までの全国の新規感染者数は直近1週間で10万人当たり約197人 **と**
> 、前週比で1.35倍になった。都道府県別では和歌山県が1.75倍 **と**
> 最も高く、北海道と香川県が同1.60倍、大阪府が同1.40倍、福岡県が同1.38倍。東京都も1.25倍だった。

I found a meaning that would fit this on weblio dicitionary, but there's no
negation in this passage.

> ６ （数量を表す語に付き、打消しの表現を伴って）その範囲以上には出ない意を表す。…までも。「全部で一〇〇円—かからない」「一〇〇キロ—走らなかった」

I know it can be used in positive statements when using abstract numbers as it
was discussed in this post: [と after counting
something](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/31099/%E3%81%A8-after-
counting-something)

But in this case, isn't it a concrete number? Is it just a different way of
emphasizing a quantity like `数字＋も`?

[This question that was already
done](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/63297/particle-%E3%81%A8-used-
with-numbers-are-these-different) seems to summarize the "number+to" uses, but
it uses the following explanation:

> This is for showing a concrete figure before using an adjective like
> 大きい/短い/重い. Probably this is a kind of quotative-と. The number/amount can be
> big, small, or neither.

"Concrete figure" does not really tell me anything
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grammar particle-と
Particle と after numbers
と in these sentences corresponds to the first bullet in [my
answer](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/63300/5010). It's for showing the
actual, concrete number that supports expressions like 高い, 小さくなった and
1.35倍になった. I should have mentioned the use of this type of と is not limited to
adjectives (I updated the answer in the linked question).

In your second sentence (which is simpler), the basic structure of that part
is:

> 和歌山県が最も高かった

And "1.75倍と" has been added as a concrete number supporting 最も高い.

Likewise, in the first sentence, the base structure is:

> 全国の新規感染者数は前週比で1.35倍になった

And "直近1週間で10万人当たり約197人と" has been added as the actual number that supports
the main predicate ("1.35倍になった"). In English, you may use parentheses like so:

> 全国の新規感染者数は直近1週間で10万人当たり約197人と、前週比で1.35倍になった。  
>  The number of new cases nationwide was 1.35 times higher than the previous
> week (approx. 197 per 100,000 last week).
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