Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 15th that it was newly confirmed that 1191 people in the prefecture were infected with the new coronavirus.
The number of infected people in the prefecture for one day exceeded 1088 on August 18, last year, the highest number ever.
On the other hand, the prefecture and Nishinomiya City withdrew the two people announced on the 13th and 14th, respectively, because the retest results were negative or there were duplicates.
As a result, the total number of people confirmed to be infected in Hyogo Prefecture is 83,513.
In addition, there were no announcements of people who died of infection.
So far, 1398 people have been infected and died in the prefecture.