Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 5th that it was confirmed that 459 people were infected with the new coronavirus in the prefecture.
The number of infected people exceeds 400 per day for the third consecutive day.
On the other hand, Amagasaki City withdrew one person announced on July 31 because it was confirmed to be negative in the subsequent test.
This brings the number of infected people in Hyogo prefecture to 45,789.
Hyogo Prefecture also announced that one infected person had been confirmed dead.
The number of people who died from infection in the prefecture was 1318.