Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 18th that 2,927 people in the prefecture were newly confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
881 people decreased compared to Sunday of the previous week.
The number of confirmed infections in the prefecture reached 986,779.
The number of infected people does not include those who are self-medicating.
The number of seriously ill patients decreased by one from the 17th to 13.
Kobe, Himeji, and Akashi also announced a total of five deaths of infected people.
A total of 2,824 people have died from the virus in the prefecture.