Tokyo Olympics: 21 more COVID-19 cases reported

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.

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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.

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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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