Two employees of Tokyo Olympic organizers positive for COVID

Two employees of Tokyo Olympic organizing committee have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said Saturday.

That brings to three number of employees of committee who have tested positive since pandemic began.

Organizers said a man and a woman h tested positive but gave few details. y said man was in his 20s and woman in her 30s, and that both were w working from home rar than at hequarters located near Tokyo Bay.

Many of organizing committee's employees have been working remotely though some have returned to office work in last few months.

organizing committee has a staff of 3,500.

2020 Tokyo Olympics have been put back to July 23, 2021 due to pandemic. original closing ceremony was to have been Sunday, Aug. 9.

Japan has reported just over 1,000 deaths from COVID-19. Like country, Tokyo has been largely spared, though new cases have been rising for last few weeks with officials urging people t to travel and to stay away from bars and restaurants.