Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 10th that 12,254 people in the prefecture were newly confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
This is the highest number of confirmed cases in a single day, up 1,061 from Wednesday last week.
In addition, Hyogo Prefecture and Amagasaki City withdrew the 15 people announced as infected from the 4th to the 9th of this month, saying that they were duplicates.
The number of confirmed infections in the prefecture reached 706,197.
The number of infected people does not include those who are self-medicating.
As of the 9th, the number of seriously ill patients decreased by 4 from the previous day to 35.
In addition, Hyogo Prefecture and Kobe City announced a total of 11 deaths who were infected.
A total of 2,400 people have died from the virus in the prefecture.