Tokyo reports 1,979 new COVID-19 cases, day before Olympic ceremony

The Tokyo metropolitan government reported 1,979 new daily COVID-19 cases on Thursday, a day before the Olympic ceremony and the highest number since mid-January, as fears grow that the games could become a superspreader event amid the transmission of the highly contagious Delta coronavirus variant.The Olympic opening ceremony will be held on Friday without fans due to coronavirus restrictions in the capital, which is currently under a COVID-19 state of emergency declared amid surging infections.In mid-January, Tokyo was under a second state of emergency.The latest figure represents an incr…READ FULL ARTICLE