Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 11th that 12,382 people in the prefecture were newly confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
There were 1,808 more cases than last Thursday, making it the highest number of infections in a single day so far.
In addition, Amagasaki City withdrew the six people announced as infected from the 3rd to the 10th of this month, as they were duplicates.
The number of confirmed infections in the prefecture reached 718,573.
The number of infected people does not include those who are self-medicating.
As of the 10th, the number of seriously ill patients increased by 8 from the previous day to 43.
In addition, Hyogo Prefecture, Amagasaki City, Nishinomiya City, and Akashi City announced a total of seven deaths of infected people.
A total of 2,407 people have died from the virus in the prefecture.