Tokyo virus cases continue to rise

Tokyo, July 28: Tokyo has reported 3,177 new coronavirus cases, setting an all-time high and exceeding 3,000 for the first time days after the start of the Olympics.
Olympic Games organisers also announced 16 new COVID-19 cases associated with the event on Wednesday but none of them were athletes. The fresh additions took the total number of Games-related cases to 169.
Meanwhile, the new cases Wednesday exceeded the earlier record of 2,848 set the previous day and bring the total for the Japanese capital to 206,745 since the pandemic began early last year. (AP)