Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 28th that it was newly confirmed that 823 people in the prefecture were infected with the new coronavirus.
There are 151 more people than on the same day of the previous week.
A total of 442,342 people have been confirmed to be infected in the prefecture.
As of the 27th, the number of severely ill persons has decreased by 3 from the previous day to 1 person.
The prefecture also announced the death of one confirmed infection.
The number of people infected and died in the prefecture is 2,250.