Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 16th that it was newly confirmed that 12 people in the prefecture were infected with the new coronavirus.
On the other hand, Kobe City withdrew on the 13th of this month, and Himeji City withdrew on the 14th of this month, saying that each person was confirmed to be negative in the subsequent tests.
The number of infected people in the prefecture is 78,631.
In addition, there were no announcements of people who died of infection.