This story is from August 8, 2020

Lockdown in Chennai: Coronavirus cases update and latest news

The Tamil Nadu government has extended general lockdown till August 31, with total lockdown on Sundays. Stay with us for all the latest updates.
Lockdown in Chennai: Coronavirus cases update and latest news
Boys walk past a mural dedicated to frontline workers fighting against Covid-19 in Chennai (AFP photo)
The Tamil Nadu government has extended general lockdown till August 31, with total lockdown on Sundays. Stay with us for all the latest updates.
*Ramanathapuram, a district of over 2,000 hamlets, has something to cheer over as only 7% of them have active cases while the rest have remained free of Covid-19 for the past two weeks.
*Update at 10.07am: Tamil Nadu CM announces some more Lockdown relaxations
*Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Saturday announced that public worship will be allowed in small temples in corporation areas -- that have an annual income of less than Rs 10,000 --- starting August 10.
Public worships will be allowed in small mosques, darghas, churches and other religious places, as well.
*Public worships will be allowed in small mosques, darghas, churches and other religious places, as well.
*Update at 9.45am: Single-day spike of 61,537 cases and 933 deaths reported in India, in the last 24 hours. The Covid-19 tally rises to 20,88,612 including 6,19,088 active cases, 14,27,006 cured/discharged/migrated and 42,518 deaths, reports ANI quoting Ministry of Health
*Update at 9.43am: The total number of Covid-19 samples tested up to 7th August is 2,33,87,171 including 5,98,778 samples tested yesterday, reports ANI quoting ICMR

*Developers in the city are struggling to obtain e-pass for guest workers, putting the progress of infrastructure projects worth Rs 15,000 crore in Chennai and suburbs at stake. The city’s construction sector requires about three lakh migrant workers to complete pending work and begin new projects.
*Gym owners in Chennai chalk out plans for 50-plus in fitness loop
*State school education minister K A Sengottaiyyan said the state government is yet to take a decision on reopening of schools amid the Covid-19 outbreak.
*While Covid-19 infection among newborns is rare, doctors said that co-morbid conditions like premature birth, low-weight at birth and other illnesses could be risk factors and have advised pregnant women to plan their deliveries at tertiary care centres.
*On a day when Chennai recorded fewer than 1,000 fresh Covid-19 cases, Manali in North Chennai recorded just 77 active cases, a sign that it is likely to become the city’s first green zone.
*A total of 30 police personnel have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last two days in Tamil Nadu's Karur. They are among the 150 people who were tested at the office of district superintendent of police. While most of them come from different places in the district, health officials said that their contacts will be tested in a few days.
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