Japan Sees Two Straight Days of Record Coronavirus Cases as Olympics Continue
New cases of COVID-19 are spiking around the country as the Olympics approach week 2, but especially in the primary Olympic host city of Tokyo.
Japan, the nation hosting the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, reported a record number of COVID-19 cases for two consecutive days on Wednesday Thursday, according to multiple tracking sources including Worldometers and the New York Times.
Wednesday’s official number of new reported cases of COVID-19 were 9,675, while on Thursday the country reported 10,684 new cases.
The previous single-day high came on April 29, when the country reported 7,914 new cases.