Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 2nd that 5,706 people in the prefecture were newly confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
3995 people decreased compared to Thursday of the previous week.
In addition, Hyogo Prefecture and Himeji City withdrew from August 10 to September 1, saying that a total of three people who were announced as infected were duplicated.
The number of confirmed infections in the prefecture reached 918,252.
The number of infected people does not include those who are self-medicating.
The number of severely ill patients decreased by 6 from the 1st to 32.
Hyogo Prefecture, Kobe City, Amagasaki City, and Nishinomiya City also announced a total of nine deaths of infected people.
A total of 2,661 people have died from the virus in the prefecture.