Covid-19 hotspots in country have increased due to ‘lack of people’s support’: Health ministry

NEW DELHI: With over 1,200 Covid-19 cases reported in the country so far, the number of hotspots of the disease have increased, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday while underlining that it is implementing rigorous contact tracing and cluster containment strategies.

Addressing the daily press conference to provide updates on the Covid-19 situation in the country, Joint Secretary in Health Ministry Lav Agarwal said 227 cases have been reported in the last 24 hours and he attributed the increase to “lack of people’s support and delay in timely detection” of the cases.

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He further said wherever even a single case of Covid-19 is reported it is as good as a hotspot for the government.

“With over 1,200 cases of Covid-19, the number of hotspots in the country has increased. The gove