Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 6th that it was newly confirmed that 2198 people were infected with the new coronavirus.
More than 40 people have increased from the same day of the previous week.
In addition, Kobe City and Himeji City withdrew a total of four people because of duplication and negative results in subsequent tests.
The number of people confirmed to be infected in Hyogo Prefecture was 344,671.
As of the 5th, the number of severely ill people has increased by 1 from the previous day to 15 people.
In addition, the prefecture and Kobe City announced the deaths of five infected people, bringing the total number of people who died in the prefecture to 2,130.