Medical experts say that the country has been witnessing a second wave of the pandemic in some parts of the country and the cases have been soaring because of the increased testing and relaxing the restrictions on the public movement.
Chennai has recorded a decline in fresh cases as the count has dropped below thousand while the western district of Coimbatore has reported the biggest spike with 545 cases.
The shop has recently circulated advertisements on its discount offer that it is selling nine shirts for Rs 999. Following the discount, hundreds had gathered before the shop to avail the discount at the cost of their life.
The ordinance has come at a high time when the state has started preparing to restore normalcy after five months as the government has poured major relaxations and lifted several bans from September.
With the current reporting of 992 cases, Chennai has recorded 1,39,720 cases so far of which 1,24,891 cases have been discharged and 2826 had died of the pandemic.
Last week, Congress and opposition parties have decided to approach the Supreme Court to review the verdict pronounced on August 17 in conducting the exams.
The resumption of the metro rail services has been considered as one of the significant relaxations announced by the government to pull out the state from the lockdown and restore normalcy amid the COVID-19 spread.
With the current reporting of 1,025 cases, Chennai has recorded 1,37,732 cases so far of which 1,22,407 have been discharged and 2,788 had died of the global pandemic.
