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Tokyo is the first city in Asia to host the Summer Games twice for the Olympics and Paralympics. [ citation needed ] On 1 December 2019, the first known case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel virus caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified in Wuhan , China .
In January 2020, concerns were raised about the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on athletes and visitors to the Summer Olympic Games. Tokyo organizers and the International Olympic Committee insisted they were monitoring the spread of the disease to minimize its effects on preparations for the Olympics.
Data from Russia illustrates how the true death rates from COVID-19 can be far higher than visible from confirmed COVID-19 deaths: in December 2020, based on overall excess mortality during the year, total COVID-19 deaths in Russia were estimated to be over 186,000, [8] while confirmed COVID-19 deaths were at 56,271. [9]
Deaths Hokkaido: 15818 538 Honshū: Tōhoku Aomori Prefecture: 643 8 Akita Prefecture: 208 1 Iwate Prefecture: 467 25 Miyagi Prefecture: 2949 20 Yamagata Prefecture: 443 13 Fukushima Prefecture: 1448 33 Kantō Tochigi Prefecture: 3162 18 Ibaraki Prefecture: 3812 44 Chiba Prefecture: 17303 169 Tokyo: 85470 725 Kanagawa Prefecture: 33186 356
For the latest daily updates of cases, deaths, and death rates see COVID-19 pandemic death rates by country. For even more international statistics in table, graph, and map form see COVID-19 pandemic by country. COVID-19 pandemic is the worst-ever worldwide calamity experienced on a large scale (with an estimated 7 million deaths) in the 21st ...
A record 286 new coronavirus cases were reported by the city government in Tokyo on Thursday — the highest number of new cases recorded in one day in Japan's capital since the COVID-19 pandemic ...
The cost of the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics is 20% higher than organizers said when they announced officials figures more than a year ago, according to a report by the Board of Audit of Japan.
As of February 2022, the total number of infected persons was about 4.16 million and the total number of deaths was about 21,000. [175] The 2020 Tokyo Olympics was postponed from July 2020 to July 2021 due to COVID-19. Around the same time as the Olympics began, the delta variant began to spread in Japan, marking the fifth peak in COVID-19 ...