Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 17th that 3,110 people in the prefecture were newly confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
Compared to Friday of the previous week, there were less than 1200 people.
The number of confirmed infections in the prefecture reached 983,852.
The number of infected people does not include those who are self-medicating.
The number of seriously ill patients decreased by 2 from the 16th to 14.
In addition, the prefecture, Kobe city, and Akashi city announced a total of 14 deaths who were infected.
A total of 2,819 people have died from the virus in the prefecture.