Chennai unlock 2.0 news: Today’s updates – Times of India

The shops in Chennai’s Pudupettai automobile market reopened this Monday after lockdown norms were eased

Emerging from a 100-day lockdown, punctuated by a brief, fortnight-long exit, the city on Monday opened up to brisk business. Stay with us for all the latest updates:
* Update at 10.10am: Record single-day spike of 24,879 Covid-19 cases pushes India’s tally to 7,67,296; death toll 21,129 with 487 new fatalities, reports PTI quoting health ministry
* Update at 9.11am: A total of 1,07,40,832 samples tested for Covid-19 till 8th July. Of these, 2,67,061 samples were tested yesterday, reports ANI quoting ICMR
*Two key issues of the unfolding Covid-19 crisis – the supply of personal protective kits (PPEs) to healthcare professionals and guidelines for the handling of bodies of victims – are under judicial scanner, as the Madras high court has asked the government to submit detailed reports.
*Pudupettai automobile market, which houses around 1,500 shops, in Chennai is struggling to get back on its feet. The shops, which reopened this Monday after lockdown norms were eased, is not attracting more customers as anticipated.
*The doubling time of Covid-19 cases has increased across all 15 zones in the Chennai, bringing cheer.
*Chennai has seen a decline in daily active cases but that is no reason to lower the guard as experts have projected the city to have more than 30,000 active cases by mid-July. Tamil Nadu is projected to have 60,000 active cases by the end of this week and that could rise to 90,000 by July 21.
*The country’s leading readymade and knitwear cluster in Tirupur has shelved a plan to bring back guest workers following a spike in Covid-19 cases in the districts.