Tokyo: Tokyo Games Organizers on Friday announced 27 new Covid-19 cases connected with the Olympics, including three athletes, the highest daily number so far.
The three athletes included the US pole Vaulter Sam Kendricks, a world champion twice, which on Thursday was pulled out of the game after testing the positive virus.
27 Cases, bringing total cumulative games related to 220, consisting of 18 Japanese residents and nine from abroad.
Of the total daily, two athletes and officials related to the game lived in the Olympic Village.
The highest daily number in cases related to the game occurred a day after Tokyo reported 3,865 new infections, regarding the record for the third consecutive day, and a national day count reached 10,000 for the first time.
In addition to three athletes, those who tested positive Covid-19 were 15 contractors, four officials related to games, four volunteers and one media member, according to the organizing committee.
The total number of cases in the village of Games is currently standing at 26.
On Wednesday, 39,853 people from abroad have arrived in Japan to take part in the match, he said.
On Thursday, the committee, while announcing 24 new Covid-19 cases, including three athletes, insisted that showing off was not behind a surge in the host city.
Immediately reacted, spokesman for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Mark Adams said the game was not responsible for a surge in Coronavirus infection in Tokyo, according to Public Broadcaster NHK.
The authorities are feared by the Japanese capital set high throughout the time and close at 4000 cases, only the day after crossing the 3000 mark for the first time.
The host city is in an emergency with Covid-19 infection at a high record.
Japan has maintained a lower case and death than many other countries, but the average seven days increased, according to the Ministry of Health.
A spokesman for IOC Adams on Thursday said no one suggested the relationship between the game and increased numbers.
“As far as I know there is no one case of infection that spread to the Tokyo population from the Olympic athlete or movement,” he told reporters here.
“We have the most tested community maybe everywhere …
in the world, above that you have some of the toughest locking limits in the village of athletes,” he added.
Adams said only two people were related to the game in the hospital, and half of all that needed to be considered by their own medical team.
“Of the 310,000 screening tests, the petic rate is 0.02 percent,” Adams said.
27 new Covid-19 cases in the village game, so far
