Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 19th that it was newly confirmed that 1917 people were infected with the new coronavirus in the prefecture.
Compared to the same day of the week last week, there are more than 700 people.
A total of 313,565 people have been confirmed infected in the prefecture.
As of the 18th, there are 20 seriously ill people, two more than the previous day.
Hyogo Prefecture and Kobe City have also announced the deaths of two infected people.
The total number of people who died from infection in the prefecture was 2037.