Shivani Ramakrishnan

The number of legislators in the state who have tested positive till date has risen to 12. Eight legislators from AIADMK and four from DMK have tested positive so far.

Led by Additional Secretary of Union Health and Family Welfare Department Aarti Ahuja, the team held discussions with state Health Minister Dr C Vijaya Baskar, Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan and other senior officials.

Chennai, Madurai and Thiruvallur recorded the highest cases among the 39 districts today, with 1,261, 379 and 300 cases recorded in the three districts respectively.

More than 3,000 police personnel in the state have tested positive for COVID-19 so far, with a majority of them having recovered and rejoined the force.

The government has said that density of population is an important factor for the rapid spread of the pandemic in Chennai which has the highest cases in the State.

Tamil Nadu on Friday recorded its highest spike till date with 4329 fresh cases, bringing the state tally to 1,02,721. Among these, Chennai reported 2082 positive cases, bringing the city's total to 64,689.

Of the total cases, Chennai reported 2,182. So far 60,533 cases have been reported in the capital city of Tamil Nadu.

The number of legislators in Tamil Nadu who have tested positive for the virus has risen to six, with four DMK MLAs, one AIADMK MLA and now, one AIADMK minister testing positive for Covid-19.

The state will observe a complete lockdown every Sunday in July until the end of the month across all districts.

Chennai, Thiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Chengalpet and Madurai will observe a complete lockdown on Sunday.

In her letter, Kanimozhi said the incident is a collective failure of police and other officials and a gross violation of human rights.

The state's Covid-19 tally is now 70,977. Chennai has reported 1,834 positive cases, bringing the city's total to 47,640.

After holding a discussion with the district collectors, Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami said that the decision had been taken as a precautionary to curb the tide of new COVID-19 cases.

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According to protesters and local residents, the two men who ran a mbile shop in Sathankulam town had been picked up by the police who were on patrol duty for running the store beyond the permitted time.

Vasantham K Karthikeyan is the second DMK MLA after the late J Anbazhagan and third MLA in Tamil Nadu after AIADMK MLA K Palani to test positive for COVID-19.

In Chennai, 288 check points were set up by the Greater Chennai Police to carry out vehicle checks. Only those with a valid pass or ID card will be allowed to travel around the city during the lockdown.

A sub-inspector attached to the West Mambalam police station in Chennai became the first police personnel from the Tamil Nadu police force to succumb to Covid-19 on Wednesday.

Of the total cases, Chennai accounted for 1,276 cases taking its total to 35,556.