COVID-19 cases reach new highs in Olympic Village, across Tokyo

New COVID-19 cases in Tokyo broke records on Thursday both in the Olympic Village and citywide as officials insist it has nothing to do with the Games and the influx of foreign travelers.

Twenty-four more COVID-19 cases were reported in the Olympic Village on Thursday, the highest daily case count seen since the event started, bringing the total number of infections within the compound to 193, data from the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee show. Two people attending the event from overseas have been hospitalized with the virus but neither case is serious and a third person who’d been in the hospital has already been discharged, Games spokesperson Masa Takaya told reporters during a daily briefing.