21 new COVID-19 cases reported, no athletes among them
Twenty one new COVID-19 cases related to the Olympics were reported by the organisers on Saturday, none of them athletes, amid surging infections in the host city.
Out of the total new cases, 14 were contractors and seven Games-linked officials. Sixteen are residents of Japan and five from overseas.
None of them were staying in the Olympic village, the organising committee said.
The cumulative COVID-19 cases related to the Games now stand at 241.
As of Thursday, 40,558 people from overseas had arrived in Japan to take part in the Games, the organisers said.
On Friday, the organisers had announced 27 new COVID-19 cases linked with the Olympics, including three athletes, the highest daily count so far.
