Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 19th that it was newly confirmed that 2514 people in the prefecture were infected with the new coronavirus.
For the first time, it exceeded 2000 people, the highest number ever.
On the other hand, Nishinomiya City withdrew from the infected person, saying that one person announced on the 18th was falsely reported as positive even though the test was negative.
As a result, the total number of people confirmed to be infected in Hyogo Prefecture is 89,693.
As of the 18th, there are 3 seriously ill people.
Himeji City also announced that one infected person had died.
A total of 1401 people died of infection in Hyogo prefecture.