<p>The Tokyo Olympics organisers on Thursday announced 24 new Covid-19 cases, including three athletes, the highest one-day figures so far at the Games, even as the organisers insisted that the showpiece is not behind the record surge in the host city.</p>.<p>The city logged in an all-time high of 3865 positive cases on Thursday. Three new deaths were recorded with 81 patients being described as "severe cases".</p>.<p>Reacting promptly, the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) spokesperson Mark Adams said the Games are not responsible for the surge in coronavirus infections in Tokyo, according to public broadcaster NHK.</p>.<p>The fresh additions took the total number of Games-related cases to 193.</p>.<p>Authorities are alarmed by the Japanese capital setting an all-time high and closing in on 4000 cases, only a day after crossing the 3000 mark for the first time. The host city is in a state of emergency with Covid-19 infections at a record high.</p>.<p>Out of the 24 positive cases, six are Games-concerned personnel and 15 are contractors, besides the three athletes.</p>.<p>Tokyo had recorded 3177 cases on Wednesday, while the Covid-19 infection numbers for the whole country was an all-time high of 9,583, the first time the figure has topped 9,000.</p>.<p>On Wednesday, 16 Olympics-related cases were reported but none were athletes and none were staying in the Games Village.</p>.<p>The total number of cases in the Games village currently stands at 23.</p>.<p>The organisers had said 38,484 people from abroad had entered Japan for the Games till Monday.</p>.<p>Japan has kept its cases and deaths lower than many other countries, but its seven-day average is increasing, according to the country's health ministry.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the IOC spokesman Adams said there was nothing to suggest a link between the Games and the rising figures.</p>.<p>"As far as I'm aware there's not a single case of an infection spreading to the Tokyo population from the athletes or Olympic movement," he told reporters here.</p>.<p>"We have the most tested community probably anywhere... in the world, on top of that you have some of the toughest lockdown restrictions in the athlete's village," he added.</p>.<p>The organisers also insisted that the Games are not burdening the city's medical system.</p>.<p>Adams said only two people associated with the Games are in hospital, and half of all those needing care are being looked after by their own medical teams.</p>.<p>"Of 310,000 screening tests, the rate of positivity is 0.02 percent," Adams added.</p>
<p>The Tokyo Olympics organisers on Thursday announced 24 new Covid-19 cases, including three athletes, the highest one-day figures so far at the Games, even as the organisers insisted that the showpiece is not behind the record surge in the host city.</p>.<p>The city logged in an all-time high of 3865 positive cases on Thursday. Three new deaths were recorded with 81 patients being described as "severe cases".</p>.<p>Reacting promptly, the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) spokesperson Mark Adams said the Games are not responsible for the surge in coronavirus infections in Tokyo, according to public broadcaster NHK.</p>.<p>The fresh additions took the total number of Games-related cases to 193.</p>.<p>Authorities are alarmed by the Japanese capital setting an all-time high and closing in on 4000 cases, only a day after crossing the 3000 mark for the first time. The host city is in a state of emergency with Covid-19 infections at a record high.</p>.<p>Out of the 24 positive cases, six are Games-concerned personnel and 15 are contractors, besides the three athletes.</p>.<p>Tokyo had recorded 3177 cases on Wednesday, while the Covid-19 infection numbers for the whole country was an all-time high of 9,583, the first time the figure has topped 9,000.</p>.<p>On Wednesday, 16 Olympics-related cases were reported but none were athletes and none were staying in the Games Village.</p>.<p>The total number of cases in the Games village currently stands at 23.</p>.<p>The organisers had said 38,484 people from abroad had entered Japan for the Games till Monday.</p>.<p>Japan has kept its cases and deaths lower than many other countries, but its seven-day average is increasing, according to the country's health ministry.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the IOC spokesman Adams said there was nothing to suggest a link between the Games and the rising figures.</p>.<p>"As far as I'm aware there's not a single case of an infection spreading to the Tokyo population from the athletes or Olympic movement," he told reporters here.</p>.<p>"We have the most tested community probably anywhere... in the world, on top of that you have some of the toughest lockdown restrictions in the athlete's village," he added.</p>.<p>The organisers also insisted that the Games are not burdening the city's medical system.</p>.<p>Adams said only two people associated with the Games are in hospital, and half of all those needing care are being looked after by their own medical teams.</p>.<p>"Of 310,000 screening tests, the rate of positivity is 0.02 percent," Adams added.</p>