unstridesingly seeing on average significantly lower new case counts than the states that are trailing in the vaccine rollout. nick watt, cnn, los angeles. with less than six weeks until the start of the tokyo olympics we've just learned the state of emergency in tokyo and eight other prefectures will expire this sunday as scheduled. earlier officials said if it was lifted the number of spectators allowed at olympic venues could double. cnn's blake he is sigg is in tokyo, he joins us now live. what is the latest on this and how are people across japan likely to respond to this news? >> reporter: well, rosemary, as far as the announcement that was just made by prime minister suga, he for tokyo, osaka and five other prefectures removed the state of emergency that was set to expire on sunday, but