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Tokyo before the start of the Summer Olympics
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On the day of the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, organizers released 19 more corona cases.
This is the highest value since the tests began to be recorded on July 1st.
This increased the number of positive tests to a total of 106.
As the organizing committee announced in the daily report published on Friday, those affected include three athletes who do not come from Japan.
One case of this occurred in the Olympic Village.
The organizing committee does not mention names or countries of origin.
On Wednesday, the number of positive tests was 75, and there had already been cases in the Olympic village.
On Wednesday it was also announced that the first female athletes would miss the start of the games because of their positive tests.
ngo / dpa / Reuters
