With 60 days to go until the Tokyo Olympics, here are the key numbers

The numbers are in and, with just 3.2% of Japanese people vaccinated against coronavirus, it's not looking good for the Olympics.

Kishor Napier-Raman

May 24, 2021

Average daily COVID-19 infections in Japan: 4966
Average daily COVID-19 deaths in Japan: 110
Average daily COVID-19 cases in Tokyo: 650
Percentage of Japanese people vaccinated: 3.2%
Percentage of Japanese people who don’t want the games to proceed: 83%
Number of athletes competing: 11,091
Number of people flying into Japan for the games: 79,000
Number of foreign fans attending the games: 0
How much Tokyo has spent on the games: US$15.4 billion
Cost to insurers if games are cancelled: Up to US$3 billion
Number of Australian skaters who have contracted COVID-19 (including the coach): 3
Number of prefectures currently under state of emergency: 9 out of 47
Waves of COVID-19 in Japan: 4
Japan’s economic contraction in Q1 of 2021: 5.1%
People hospitalised with COVID-19 in Tokyo: 2273
Signatories to a petition calling for the games to be cancelled: 384,123.

About the Author

Kishor Napier-Raman

Former Politics Reporter

Kishor was a federal politics reporter for Crikey, based in the Canberra press gallery. He wrote on news and analysis with a focus on foreign policy, legal affairs and government transparency. Previously, he was a general reporter in Crikey's Sydney office, where he started in 2018 while completing an arts/law degree at the University of Sydney.