Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 16th that it was newly confirmed that 5211 people were infected with the new coronavirus in the prefecture.
On the other hand, the prefecture, Kobe City, and Akashi City announced that a total of 6 people were duplicated from the 26th to the 15th of last month, and the infected people were withdrawn because the subsequent tests confirmed negative results.
A total of 214,473 people have been confirmed infected in the prefecture.
In addition, Hyogo Prefecture, Kobe City, Himeji City, Amagasaki City, and Nishinomiya City announced the deaths of a total of 24 infected people.
The number of people infected and died in the prefecture is 1617.