Lockdown in Chennai: Coronavirus cases update and latest news – Times of India

Samples been collected from the shopkeepers in Chennai

The Tamil Nadu government has extended general lockdown till August 31, with total lockdown on Sundays. Stay with us for all the latest updates.
*Researchers from Anna University have developed a Covid-19 early warning system to help those at risk by monitoring their vital parameters such as temperature, oxygen saturation rate, heart rate and respiratory rate.
*ANI update at 10.27am: Number of Covid-19 tests crosses 2 crore mark in India with 2,02,02,858 tests conducted till August 2. Of these, 3,81,027 tests were conducted yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
*ANI update at 9.57am: India’s Covid-19 tally rises to 18,03,696 including 5,79,357 active cases, 1,186,203 cured/discharged/migrated & 38,135 deaths, reports ANI quoting health ministry
*For the fourth day in a row, Tamil Nadu’s Covid-19 death toll hovered around the 100-mark. The 98 deaths on Sunday took the cumulative toll to 4,132.
*Tamil Nadu also had 5,875 fresh cases, taking active cases to 56,998. Of the active cases, 38% were in Chennai (12,190) and its three neighbouring districts of Chengalpattu (2,817), Kancheepuram (3,439) and Thiruvallur (3,430). These districts together had 2,198 new cases on Sunday. Chennai alone had 1,065 new cases.
*Fresh cases dipped marginally in western Tamil Nadu, showing signs of the spread stabilising.
*The eight districts including Coimbatore cumulatively had 481 new cases on Sunday down from 700 or 600 cases reported every day last week. The number of active cases too did not record any surge as it hovered around 4,500 for the past several days.
*While Coimbatore had 167 cases as against 238 reported on Saturday, Salem recorded 134 cases.
*Trichy region reported 541 new cases and two deaths.