Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 5th that 11,189 people in the prefecture were newly confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
It was the second-largest number ever and more than 900 more than on the same day the previous week.
In addition, Amagasaki City withdrew from the number of infected people, saying that the three people announced on the 31st of last month were duplicates.
A total of 653,350 people have been confirmed to be infected in the prefecture.
The number of infected people does not include those who are self-medicating.
As of the 4th, the number of seriously ill patients decreased by 2 from the previous day to 33.
Hyogo Prefecture, Himeji City, Amagasaki City, and Nishinomiya City also announced a total of 11 deaths of infected people.
A total of 2,355 people have died from the virus in the prefecture.