The Olympics host city of Tokyo, as well as Thailand and Malaysia, have logged record Covid-19 infections, mostly driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant of the disease, Reuters reports.

Tokyo's metropolitan government has announced a record number of 4,058 infections in the past 24 hours. Olympics organisers reported 21 new Covid-19 cases related to the Games, bringing the total to 241 since July 1.

Malaysia, one of the hotspots of the disease, has reported a record high of 17,786 coronavirus cases.

Thailand has also reported a daily record high of 18,912 new coronavirus infections, bringing its total cases to 597,287. The country also reported 178 new deaths, also a daily record, taking total fatalities to 4,857.

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People queue at the Central Vaccination Centre as Thailand begins offering first doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to at-risk groups in Bangkok, Thailand, July 26. — Reuters
People queue at the Central Vaccination Centre as Thailand begins offering first doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to at-risk groups in Bangkok, Thailand, July 26. — Reuters

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