Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 18th that it was newly confirmed that 601 people in the prefecture were infected with the new coronavirus.
There are more than 20 people less than the same day of the previous week.
A total of 436,492 people have been confirmed to be infected in the prefecture.
As of the 17th, there are 4 seriously ill people, the same as the previous day.
In addition, Hyogo Prefecture announced the death of one infected person, and the total number of people who died from infection in the prefecture was 2,244.