Tokyo Olympics: 21 more COVID-19 cases reported

Tokyo Gears Up For The Olympics
TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 20: People cross a street next to the Tokyo International Forum on July 20, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. With the Olympics now just a few days away, Tokyo is bracing itself for a Games without foreign fans or local attendance and a population enduring its fourth state of emergency amid the continuing global coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images)

TOKYO: The Tokyo Olympics organising committee on Saturday confirmed 21 more COVID-19 cases related to the Games.

As per Kyodo News, none of them are athletes. The 21 new infections has taken the total Games-related infections to 241.
Of the daily total, 14 were contractors and seven games-linked officials, confirmed the Tokyo Olympics organising committee.

The figures of the committee do not include those announced by central and local governments in Japan.

As of Thursday (July 29), 40,558 people from overseas had arrived in Japan to take part in the Tokyo Olympics. (ANI)

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