Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 27th that it was confirmed that 1061 people were infected with the new coronavirus in the prefecture.
The number of infected people announced on the 1st exceeds 1000 for the 4th consecutive day, and the 8th since the 18th of this month.
The number of infected people in the prefecture has reached 60,2030.
The city of Kobe also announced that one infected person had been confirmed dead.
The number of people who died from infection in the prefecture was 1,335.