Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 2nd that it was newly confirmed that 954 people were infected with the new coronavirus in the prefecture.
On the other hand, Kobe City withdrew the one who was announced on the 28th of last month because the subsequent test confirmed negative.
The number of infected people in the prefecture is 67,417.
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 1,340.