Blow-out parties and rising cases nationally prompted New Jersey to lower crowd caps and New York to call for stricter distancing enforcement or risk resurgence of the coronavirus in the pandemic’s early U.S. epicenter. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy cut the indoor-gathering limit by 75%, to 25 people, after a spate of house parties led to almost 100 cases. The state’s virus transmission rate, a key spread indicator, has jumped to the highest since early April. In New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo said weekend gatherings ignoring social-distancing rules -- including a party boat with 170 guests aboard cruising around Manhattan and a rave that drew hundreds beneath the Kosciuszko Bridge in Brooklyn -- will lead the virus to boomerang around the country. Inspectors issued 106 violations to restaurants and bars over the weekend for not following containment orders. source