Stalin has also asked the Central government to refrain from collecting the fares at toll plazas as he claimed that the collection of toll fares would let the prices of essential commodities increase.

The state has recorded the highest number of discharges on Tuesday as 178 people have been recovered and discharged from the hospital.

Rajinikanth has been looking to find a place for him too in providing relief materials.

Last week, India has received five lakh rapid testing kits from China following which the kits were dispatched to the states based on the infection rates. 

The officials had directed the employees to remain under home quarantine and their movements have been restricted in the office premises.

The fresh direction has been passed under the Disaster Management Act and it also stated that the institutions should not impose students with penalties.

The families have been mandated to remain under isolation with accord to the guidelines issued by the Union Health Ministry to contain the spread.

Anna Nagar police department had arrested 20 persons, including a woman, for rioting and protesting against the burial of the doctor.

Pudukottai district has reported its first COVID-19 positive case while the districts of Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri hadn't reported any positive case for the virus.

The residents were told by the local civic workers about the burial that had spurred and brought the rumor to the light that the burial could spread the virus in the locality following which they gathered to protest.