16 new Oly-related cases, but no athlete

Fans cheer as athletes compete in the women`s individual triathlon competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo. Pic/AFP

The Olympic Games organisers announced 16 new COVID-19 cases associated with the event on Wednesday but none of them were athletes.

The fresh additions took the total number of cases to 169. It is for the first time in four days that no COVID-19 cases were reported among Olympic athletes.

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