Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 20th that it was newly confirmed that 6667 people were infected with the new coronavirus in the prefecture.
The number of infected people in the prefecture for one day exceeded 6562 on February 10, the highest number ever.
There are 2510 more people than the same day of the previous week, 1.6 times more.
In addition, the prefecture, Amagasaki City, and Akashi City have withdrawn a total of nine people announced from the 13th to the 19th of this month, saying that duplication and subsequent tests confirmed negative results.
The number of people confirmed to be infected in the prefecture has exceeded 500,000, reaching 501,516.
As of the 19th, the number of severely ill people increased by 5 from the previous day to 14 people.
In addition, Kobe and Akashi announced the deaths of a total of six infected people.
The number of people infected and died in the prefecture is 2,266.