4,000 new cases in one day. Yesterday's news.
Within the Olympic bubble, 21 games-related personnel have tested positive in the past day, none of which were athletes. Since July started, 241 people connected with the Olympics have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Original 7/23/2021 post starts here
Headline: NBC News, 7/22/2021
Chart from Worldometers
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New York Times, 7/22/2021
For both Japan and the Olympic movement, the delayed 2020 Games may represent less a moment of hope for the future than the distinct possibility of decline. And to the generation of Japanese who look back fondly on the 1964 Games, the prospect of a diminished, largely unwelcome Olympics is a grave disappointment.
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