Centre reaches out to hotspot districts, finds glaring gaps

India on Sunday recorded 90,802 new infections, the second straight day of 90,000-plus numbers, signalling an extraordinary surge that has seen daily detections rise sharply through the previous week.

The Centre has received detailed feedback from officers at the district level, identifying loopholes in the implementation of containment, surveillance, and clinical management strategies for Covid-19 in several states. These lapses, sources said, were among the key reasons for the massive spike in cases in recent weeks.

Following the detection of nearly 6 lakh new infections in the week beginning August 31, the Centre has over…