Tokyo recorded 3,865 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, authorities announced, hitting another daily record high as the city has become Japan's biggest COVID-19 hot spot.

It is the third straight day the Olympic host city has logged a record figure after reporting 3,177 COVID-19 cases the previous day, casting a pall over the Olympics.

(Cover: People walk in the Shibuya shopping district of Tokyo, Japan, July 28, 2021. /CFP)