Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics have reported 12 coronavirus (COVID-19) cases linked to the event.

The organising committee said in their Thursday, July 22 update that two athletes staying in the Olympic Village were among those who tested positive.

Organisers said two more people from the Olympic Village are affected, but they are not athletes.

The latest revelation bring the total number of positive tests since July 1 to 87 in the Tokyo Olympics village.

All four affected persons must now go into quarantine, the organizers added.