Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 14th that 4,572 people in the prefecture were newly confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
Compared to Wednesday of the previous week, there were less than 1,600 people.
In addition, Hyogo Prefecture withdrew one person announced as an infected person on the 15th of last month as a duplicate.
The number of confirmed infections in the prefecture reached 973,340.
The number of infected people does not include those who are self-medicating.
The number of seriously ill patients increased by one from the 13th to 19.
In addition, the prefecture, Kobe city, and Nishinomiya city announced a total of seven deaths who were infected.
A total of 2,786 people have died from the virus in the prefecture.