Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 1st that it was newly confirmed that 21 people were infected with the new coronavirus in the prefecture.
In addition, Kobe City has corrected the number of infected people, saying that one person who was announced as infected on the 25th of last month was negative in the subsequent test.
As a result, the total number of infected people announced in the prefecture was 17,899.
Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 1st that four people who had been infected with the new coronavirus were confirmed dead.
The number of people who died from being infected with the new coronavirus in the prefecture was 534.