Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 17th that it was newly confirmed that 1598 people were infected with the new coronavirus.
The number of infected people in the prefecture fell below 2000 for the first time in 5 days, which is more than 400 less than the same day of the previous week.
A total of 366,391 people have been confirmed infected in Hyogo prefecture.
As of the 16th, the number of severely ill people is 16 as it was the previous day.
On the other hand, Kobe City announced the death of one infected person, and the total number of people who died from infection in the prefecture was 2,160.