Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 20th that 930 people in the prefecture were newly confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
Compared to Tuesday of the previous week, the number of people decreased by more than 2,900.
It is the first time in about two and a half months since July 4 that the number of new infections per day has fallen below 1,000.
In addition, Kobe City withdrew a total of six people who had been announced as infected from July 27 to 12 of this month, citing duplicate reports of outbreaks.
The number of confirmed infections in the prefecture reached 989,165.
The number of infected people does not include those who are self-medicating.
The number of seriously ill patients decreased by one from the 19th to 12.
The cities of Kobe, Amagasaki, and Nishinomiya also announced a total of three deaths of infected people.
A total of 2,829 people have died from the virus in the prefecture.