The state currently has 28 districts that have been marked under red zones, which are the hotspots for the virus.

Anand Bisht was undergoing treatment at the gastroenterology department in the All India Insitute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi.

Chief Minister of Telangana Chandrasekhar Rao has issued a fresh directive of what he claimed as the decision taken with the interest of public health.

However, the government has reaffirmed that no relaxations would be awarded to the hotspots that fall under the category of red zones.

On Sunday, Tamil Nadu saw the graph rising again after the decline for the past few days in the number of positive cases.

The state has been recording with an increase in recoveries and discharges for the past few days although the affected numbers have been one of the highest in the country.

In his last address, Modi extended the lockdown to contain the virus and prescribed some antidotes for the ailing economy.

On Friday, the state Director General of Police (DGP) has issued a circular in which it has been stated that the seized vehicles will be released from the custody.

According to the data issued by the Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Tamil Nadu currently has 388 containment zones.

Before switching on to the rapid testing kits, Tamil Nadu had been testing the patients through PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test which would take more than five hours to deliver the results.