Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 22nd that it was newly confirmed that 629 people in the prefecture were infected with the new coronavirus.
Compared to the same day of the previous week, the number of newly infected people in the prefecture has decreased by about 1,700, and the number of newly infected people in the prefecture has fallen below 1,000 for two consecutive days.
On the other hand, Kobe City withdrew a total of nine people announced from January 29th to March 17th because of duplication.
A total of 316,820 people have been confirmed to be infected in the prefecture.
As of the 21st, the number of severely ill people has decreased by 1 from the previous day to 19 people.
The city of Kobe also announced the deaths of two infected people.
A total of 2046 people died of infection in the prefecture.