Hyogo Prefecture announced on the 21st that 2,678 people in the prefecture were newly confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
Compared to Wednesday of the previous week, there were 1,894 fewer people.
In addition, Hyogo Prefecture withdrew the two people announced as infected on the 27th of last month and the 19th of this month, saying that they were duplicates.
The number of confirmed infections in the prefecture reached 991,841.
The number of infected people does not include those who are self-medicating.
The number of seriously ill patients decreased by one from the 20th to 11.
The cities of Kobe, Amagasaki, and Akashi also announced a total of five deaths of infected people.
A total of 2,834 people have died from the virus in the prefecture.