Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 12th that it was confirmed that 728 people were infected with the new coronavirus in the prefecture.
This is the largest number of announcements made on the 1st.
On the other hand, the city of Kobe withdrew one person announced on the 7th of this month because it was confirmed to be negative in the subsequent tests.
The total number of infected people in the prefecture was 49,051.
Himeji City also announced the death of one infected person.
The number of people who died from infection in the prefecture was 1,323.