On June 30, Madurai has reported 2,557 cases and in ten days, it has added 2,925 cases to its tally which currently stands at 5,482.

The Central team headed by Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's Additional Secretary Arti Ahuja has arrived in Chennai on Thursday and reviewed the city's measures to contain the spread.

According to the Union Health Ministry, Karnataka has reported 31,105 cases so far as of Friday morning of which 17,786 are active, 12,833 have been discharged, and 486 had succumbed to the virus.

Sellur Raju has been serving as Tamil Nadu Minister for Co-operation and he has tested positive for the virus a week after his wife had contracted the viral infection.

The Kundrathur police had arrested Ajith and booked an FIR against him under the grounds of murder. He has been remanded under judicial custody for further investigation.

Madurai has emerged as the virus epicenter in the southern district. In the last month, the temple city has recorded more than 4,000 COVID-19 cases.

'Doubling time' is the parameter that measures the time taken for the number of positive cases to get doubled in the city.

The restaurant has been making such parotta masks since Tuesday and since then, the newly introduced parotta has been the talk of the town.

On Wednesday, Tamil Nadu School Education Minister KA Sengottaiyan said that the government school students in the state will be learning their studies through television channels from July 13.

The Central government said that the circulation of any kind of information related to COVID-19 on social media without the consent of the government is strictly prohibited under the Epidemic Diseases Act.