Japan's NHK reported that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Tokyo, where the Olympics are being held, increased by 2,848 a day today (27th), breaking the record.
This is an increase of 1,461 from a week ago and surpasses the record of 2,520 new daily infections set on January 7 of this year.
It has been two weeks since the 4th state of emergency in Tokyo went into effect, but the rate of infection is spreading faster.
The number of confirmed cases related to the 5th day of the opening of the Tokyo Olympics continues to increase.
The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee announced today that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases among those involved in the Games has increased by seven.
As a result, since the 1st of this month, when the 'Playbook', a collection of quarantine norms, began to be applied, a total of 155 cases of infection by those involved in the tournament.
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