TOKYO — The number of COVID-19 cases reported in Tokyo totaled 4,058 people, a daily record, city hall said Saturday, fanning worries as Japan’s capital plays host to the Olympic Games.
Critics have long said the Olympics should be canceled or postponed, as tens of thousands of athletes, corporate sponsors and media gather from around the world.
Athletes are getting tested for the coronavirus every day.
Twenty-one people working at the Olympics tested positive Saturday, none of them athletes.
The Games have had 241 positive tests so far, 23 of them athletes.
Japan has had more than 15,000 deaths related to COVID-19. Daily reported cases also reached records in Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures, neighboring Tokyo.
Related posts:
Israeli study suggests British COVID strain linked to rise in serious cases
Join Azzmador and Vanguard Texas at the Daily Stormer Houston Blitzkrieg THIS SATURDAY!
Microsoft, Big Tech Coalition Developing Rockefeller Funded COVID Passports
Internal documents show Big Oil PR messages still ‘mislead’ public on climate
24 Dead in Nursing Home After COVID-19 Vaccination
Daily 5D Shift: Transmutation through the 4th Industrial Revolution