Tokyo records 143 new COVID-19 cases in 24hrs

Tokyo, the Olympic Games host city, on Sunday, recorded 143 new cases of coronavirus, raising the number of people who have tested positive for the disease to over 1,000.

Sunday’s figure marks another record after health authorities recorded 118 new cases a day earlier, the first time that the daily caseload has risen above 100.

The coronavirus pandemic has forced Japan and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone the Games till next year.

Local media reported that the rising caseload means Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is under increasing pressure to declare a state of emergency to slow the spread of the virus that had infected over one million people and killed about 60, 000 across the world.

As of Saturday, 817 coronavirus patients were receiving treatment in Tokyo hospitals.

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The report said the rise in cases means the bed capacity for coronavirus patients is stretched to its limits in one of Japan’s largest cities and epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in the South East Asian nation.

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