Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 22nd that it was newly confirmed that 23 people in the prefecture were infected with the new coronavirus.
The total number of infected people announced in the prefecture was 18,928.
Hyogo Prefecture also announced that one person who had been infected with the new coronavirus in Kobe and was being treated died on the 21st.
The number of people who died in Hyogo prefecture after being infected with the new coronavirus was 573.