beginning of october. but others here say the olympics is going much better than expected and, despite record infections, there were just eight covid deaths in the whole of japan yesterday. is the threat being exaggerated? the mood must have been quite jolly before the titanic sank. there is a time lag between the hole in the ship and the actual sinking taking place. there is a time lag between the rise of infection and the rise of the seriously ill patients, inundating the hospitals and leading to the collapse of the medical system. at the current rate of increase, tokyo s covid wards could be full before the olympic closing ceremony happens at the end of next week. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news. our reporter, mariko oi is in tokyo. i asked her about japan s
he could be fully vaccinated by the beginning of october. but others here say the olympics is going much better than expected and, despite record infections, there were just eight covid deaths in the whole of japan yesterday. is the threat being exaggerated? the mood must have been quite jolly before the titanic sank. there is a time lag between the hole in the ship and the actual sinking taking place. there is a time lag between the rise of infection and the rise of the seriously ill patients, inundating the hospitals and leading to the collapse of the medical system. at the current rate of increase, tokyo s covid wards could be full before the olympic closing ceremony happens at the end of next week. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. i m joined now by mariko oi who is in tokyo for us.
first of all, this is all the paperwork you need. this is actually for my son. and then you go on one of the government websites and make a booking. now, most of the places that i ve tried to make a booking today have been offering slots in mid september, although i have managed to find one place which is offering a slot in mid august, which means he could be fully vaccinated by the beginning of october. but others here say the olympics is going much better than expected and, despite record infections, there were just eight covid deaths in the whole of japan yesterday. is the threat being exaggerated? the mood must have been quite jolly before the titanic sank. there is a time lag between the hole in the ship and the actual sinking taking place. there is a time lag between the rise of infection and the rise of the seriously ill patients, inundating the hospitals and leading to the collapse of the medical system.
this is actually for my son. and then you go on one of the government websites and make a booking. now, most of the places that i ve tried to make a booking today have been offering slots in mid september, although i have managed to find one place which is offering a slot in mid august, which means he could be fully vaccinated by the beginning of october. he s in the gold medal position. but others here say the olympics is going much better than expected and, despite record infections, there were just eight covid deaths in the whole of japan yesterday. is the threat being exaggerated? the mood must have been quitejolly before the titanic sank. there is a time lag between the hole in the ship and the actual sinking taking place. there is a time lag between the rise of infection and the rise of the seriously ill patients, inundating the hospitals and leading to the collapse of the medical system.
this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. it is not where most of us imagined we would be seven months after the first highly effective vaccine became available in this country, yet here we are tonight talking about a fourth covid wave, doing exactly what the first, second and third waves did, inundating hospitals in their path with a surge of very sick patients while infection numbers accelerated by the delta variant are now climbing virtually everywhere, this wave is crashing over the most vulnerable states and communities, places with low vaccination rates and yes, deaths are starting to climb, too. miguel almaguer leads us off tonight. reporter: tonight inside a growing number of hospitals across the country there is little doubt our nation has already entered a fourth wave, an explosive summer surge in covid cases few predicted, fueled by the highly contagious delta variant, now