As of Monday, Tamil Nadu has reported 1,14,978 cases so far of which 46,833 are active, 66,571 have been recovered, and 1,571 had succumbed to the virus.
The shop has been functioning for the last 25 years and with no name or a signboard to represent, the blue window has become a trademark for the shop which attracted a popular name in the city.
Valarmathi has currently been serving as the Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation and the Secretary of Literary Wing of the ADMK party.
People who were seen without masks were barricaded and the police booked the violators under section 179 - wilfully disobeys the direction under Motor Vehicles Act.
Chennai Corporation Commissioner Prakash said that the civic body has been pacing up the testing and locating the symptomatic people and carriers at the early stage during the complete lockdown.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India has tested 99,69,662 samples so far including 1,80,596 samples that were tested on Sunday.
Chennai Corporation Commissioner G Prakash said that the civic body has been co-ordinating with the Chennai police to trace and locate 227 COVID-19 affected people.
The state has reported 2,214 fresh discharges which have taken the total discharge tally to 60,592 so far - highest than the COVID-19 active cases in the state.
By announcing fewer relaxations in Chennai, the government has extended the complete lockdown in Madurai till July 12 owing to the sharpest rise in COVID-19 cases in the southern district.
