Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 6th that 5,011 people in the prefecture were newly confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
1,994 fewer people than Tuesday of the previous week.
In addition, the prefecture, Kobe City, and Amagasaki City have withdrawn a total of six people who had been announced as infected between August 10 and September 4, citing duplicates.
The number of confirmed infections in the prefecture reached 938,303.
The number of infected people does not include those who are self-medicating.
The number of severely ill patients decreased by four from the 5th to 30.
In addition, the prefecture and Kobe, Himeji, and Nishinomiya cities announced a total of 19 deaths who were infected.
A total of 2,693 people have died from the virus in the prefecture.