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friday. what are officials saying about the growing number of covid cases? >> they're downplaying it, jake. they are pointing out that more than 22,000 people have arrived here in japan, and that number, 61, is actually even smaller in their view because more than half of those 61 are residents of japan working on the games. now, the other 28 or so cases were either caught at the airport or in covid testing like that u.s. gymnast kara eaker from kansas city whose father says she was fully vaccinated when she tested positive at her pretraining camp outside of tokyo. here's what he said she's going through right now. >> i know she's disappointed, but at this point she said she's kind of bored because she's stuck in her room not able to do anything. so she says she's bored and just looking forward to coming home. i don't think -- like i said,