Virus Outbreak Japan
TOKYO (AP) —A record number of cases of Covid-19 are reported in Tokyo hosting the 2021 Summer Olympics.
Tokyo is reporting 5,042 new daily coronavirus cases, hitting a record since the pandemic began. The additional cases brought the total for Tokyo to 236,138.
Nationwide, Japan reported more than 14,000 cases for a total of 970,000.
Tokyo has been under a state of emergency since mid-July, and four other areas have since been added. But the measures, basically a ban on alcohol in restaurants and bars and their shorter hours, are increasingly ignored by the public, which has become tired of restrictions.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has denied the Olympic has caused a rise in infections.
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