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Tokyo Hits New High For Daily COVID-19 Cases. This Time, No Olympians Are Among Them

The capital city surpassed a record that had been set just a day earlier, notching more than 3,000 new cases on Tuesday. For the first time in four days, no Olympic athletes tested positive.
Tokyo reported 3,177 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, the highest number of infections recorded so far for the city.

With the Olympics underway, Tokyo has set a new, unfortunate record: for coronavirus cases.

Tokyo had on Tuesday, according to the city's government. The city has

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