Mumbai recorded the highest single-day jump among cities in the country on Tuesday with 64 fresh cases Violations of the nationwide lockdown and social distancing norms caused a sharp spike in the number of coronavirus infections taking the total in the country close to 1,600, government officials said. “Cases are increasing and the number of hotspots in the country are also increasing.
The government is using cluster containment strategies and doing rigorous contact tracing in these hotspots to check the virus from further spreading," said Lav Agarwal, joint secretary in the health ministry.
Agarwal blamed it on the non-cooperation and “lack of people’s support for the nationwide lockdown and on people not adhering to the social