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Tokyo Olympics see 24 more COVID cases, highest daily count

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Tokyo Olympic organising committee on Thursday reported 24 more COVID-19 cases associated with the games, the highest daily count since infections began being compiled from the start of this month.

People wearing face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic walk in Tokyo’s Shinjuku area on July 28, 2021, with banners of the Tokyo Olympics seen in the background.--Photo Kyodo

The 24 cases, bringing the cumulative total to 193, include three athletes from overseas in Tokyo for the Olympics, which opened last Friday following an unprecedented one-year postponement due to the coronavirus pandemic. The committee said the three were all staying in the athletes’ village.
Two people from overseas involved with the Olympics have been hospitalised so far, neither in serious condition, organising committee spokesman Masanori Takaya said.
The daily figures were announced a day after COVID-19 cases in both Japan and Tokyo, which is hosting the games while under a state of emergency, hit all-time highs of 9,583 and 3,177, respectively.
International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams stressed that athletes and staff are tested frequently and living under strict quarantine measures, making it highly improbable that the games could become a source of infections spreading to the wider population.
“They really are living in a different parallel world to all intents and purposes,” he told a press briefing.
Health experts are warning that the surge in COVID-19 cases is putting an increasing strain on the medical system, with the government of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga considering expanding the state of emergency to three prefectures surrounding Tokyo.
The medical and scientific director of the organising committee, Richard Budgett, said the games are equipped to deal with infections among its ranks and would not pose a burden to local hospitals.
“Obviously it’s challenging for any country when there’s rising cases of COVID-19, but I am confident that the Olympics are being run without actually affecting that essential secondary care and hospital provision.”
The numbers issued by the organising committee do not include those announced by Japanese central and local governments. The 24 cases also include 15 contractors and six games-linked officials.
Of the 24, 17 were residents of Japan, it said, adding 39,209 people from overseas had entered Japan for the games as of Tuesday.


(Latest Update July 30, 2021)


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