Tokyo, Japan Hosting the Olympics, Reports Over 2,000 COVID-19 Cases... Highest Monday Count
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bo-kyung] On the 11th day since the opening of the Tokyo Olympics, the number of COVID-19 cases in Tokyo, Japan, reached the 2,000 range on the 2nd.
Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced that 2,195 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed that day. This is the highest number recorded on a Monday, when the number of tests usually decreases over the weekend.
The number of cases in Tokyo decreased by 863 compared to the previous day, but increased by 766 compared to the same day of the previous week.
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In Tokyo, the host city of the Olympics, daily cases rose from 502 on the 12th of last month, when the Japanese government declared the 4th state of emergency, to 1,359 on the opening day, the 23rd, and then surged to a record high of 4,058 on the 31st, the 9th day of the Olympics.
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