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.
*Theni district in the southern region reported its highest single-day rise of Covid-19 cases on Saturday with 452 people testing positive; the district also saw five deaths on Saturday. The active cases in the southern region have climbed to 15,111, with the southern districts reporting 1,811 new cases.
*The Covid-19 curve has started to flatten in the state and it is high time the general public shook off the stigma of the disease and approached government hospitals if they had symptoms, health minister C Vijaya Baskar has said. He was speaking to reporters after inaugurating various facilities at the Government Raja Mirasdar Hospital in Thanjavur on Saturday.
*Update at 9.44am: Single-day spike of 64,399 cases and 861 deaths reported in India, in the last 24 hours. The Covid-19 tally rises to 21,53,011 including 6,28,747 active cases, 14,80,885 cured/discharged/migrated & 43,379 deaths: Ministry of Health
*For the sixth day, the state recorded a three-digit death toll of 118 deaths and added 5,883 fresh cases of Covid-19, which pushed the case tally to 2,90,907. The cumulative death toll touched 4,808. The number of active cases rose to 53,481from 52,759 on Friday.
*The doubling time for the Covid-19 infection has nearly tripled in the city in the past one month from 25 days to 70, according to data released by the civic body on Saturday.
*Tamil Nadu, for the sixth day, recorded a three-digit toll of 118 deaths, pushing the cumulative toll to 4,808. The state added 5,883 fresh cases of Covid-19 with the total case tally standing at 2,90,907.
*More doctors have died of Covid-19 in Tamil Nadu than in any other state, according to the Indian Medical Association. The IMA put the TN toll at 43 of 196 doctors who have died across the country.