Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 8th that it was newly confirmed that 6324 people in the prefecture were infected with the new coronavirus.
This is the second largest number ever announced in Hyogo prefecture.
On the other hand, the prefecture and Kobe city have withdrawn the 16 infected people announced from the 22nd of last month to the 5th of this month because they were duplicated.
A total of 174,970 people have been confirmed infected in the prefecture.
Of these, 40 are seriously ill as of the 7th.
In addition, Hyogo Prefecture, Kobe City, Nishinomiya City, and Himeji City announced the deaths of a total of 13 infected people.
The number of people infected and died in the prefecture is 1490.