Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 19th that it was newly confirmed that 2184 people were infected with the new coronavirus in the prefecture.
There are 1040 fewer people than on the same day of the previous week.
The prefecture says that it is because the number of tests has decreased due to the medical institution taking a leave of absence for three consecutive holidays until the 18th, and it continues to call for infection control measures.
In addition, Kobe City and Amagasaki City have withdrawn a total of five people announced from the 9th to the 17th of this month due to misunderstanding of test results and confirmation that they lived in another city.
A total of 494,858 people have been confirmed infected in the prefecture.
As of the 18th, there are 9 seriously ill people, the same as the previous day.
In addition, there was no announcement of the person who died on the 19th.
The number of people infected and died in the prefecture is 2,260.