Tamil Nadu news live: State reports 1,652 new Covid-19 cases, 23 deaths

Tamil Nadu reports 1,652 fresh Covid-19 cases, 1,859 discharges, and 23 deaths today. Active cases: 19,391. Total discharges: 25,45,178. Death toll: 34,686

Theatres will be permitted to operate in the state from August 23 with 50% occupancy rate.

Creches will be permitted. The staff members should have been vaccinated.

Inter-state public bus transport to Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka will be permitted following standard operating procedures.

IT/ITES will be permitted to work with 100% strength. Anganwadis will be allowed to supply noon meal from September 1.

Tamil Nadu government extends lockdown by two weeks ending September 9. Public allowed in beaches, zoological parks, botanical gardens and boat houses.

The government also announced that the reopening for Classes 1 to 8 will be considered after September 15. As per the earlier announcement, the schools will reopen for Classes 9 to 12 from September 1.

Tamil Nadu government to allow colleges to reopen from September 1. The classes will be conducted on rotational basis

"Health is Wealth," - is the Mantra for Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin, says DMK Rajya Sabha MP P Wilson. "A small room is enough to do exercise and take care of one's health - Our CM tells us all, " adds Wilson.

Puducherry witnessed a drop in daily cases of Covid-19 with 59 fresh infections being reported in the last 24 hours, taking the overall tally to 1,22,832. (PTI)

The fully burnt bodies of four people of a family was found in a haystack that was on fire in Palani, Dindigul district.

A family performs pooja at their home at Madipakkam on the occasion of Onam in Chennai.

A day after the corporation levied a penalty on Indigo Airlines for using banned plastic cover for providing face shield, masks and sanitizers, the civic body is set to kickstart the implementation of the two-yearold plastic ban.

For the second year in a row, the number of applicants from the state has dropped after reaching 1.4 lakh applicants before the pandemic in 2019.

The number of students applying for NEET (National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test) 2021 from Tamil Nadu has dropped by 7% compared to previous year.

On Friday, except the districts of Coimbatore (199), Chennai (185), Erode (158) and Chengalpet (102), fresh cases in others were less than 100.

New Covid-19 cases in Tamil Nadu dropped to 1,668 on Friday, though 14 districts reported a marginal increase in cases.

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