Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 16th that it was newly confirmed that 34 people in the prefecture were infected with the new coronavirus.
On the other hand, the city of Kobe withdrew one person announced on the 14th, saying that the subsequent test was negative.
This brings the total number of infected people in the prefecture to 40,611.
In addition, Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 16th that five people infected with the new coronavirus have been confirmed dead.
The number of people who died from infection in the prefecture was 1,268.