Chennai coronavirus update: Today's news from your locked-down city

CHENNAI: Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from your city.
*Update at 5.55pm: Number of coronavirus positive cases in Tamil Nadu touch 50, says health secretary Beela Rajesh.
*Huge crowd at the Kasimedu fishing harbour on Sunday.

*A 54-year-old diabetic, critical with chronic illness, brought to the Covid-19 isolation ward died at the Kanyakumari government medical college hospital on Sunday.His samples have been sent for Covid-19 testing.
*Large crowd at the MGR Nagar market in KK Nagar in Chennai

*Vendors await for customers at a newly created market inside Kanikaparameswari college ground at Kotwalchavadi on Sunday.

*Busy Sunday morning at Madipakkam market, no social distancing no cops

*Masks being sold near Koyambedu wholesale vegetable market in Chennai.

*Tamil Nadu has ramped up plans to contain the Covid-19 pandemic with the government on Saturday declaring that it would demarcate a 5km radius containment zone around homes of people who tested positive and a further 3km radius buffer zone in 10 districts.
*As covid-19 cases climb steadily climb, the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in the city is scaling up infrastructure with the help of technology to improve critical care and provide safety for healthcare providers.
*The Madurai police are suing drones to keep an eye on people and to catch lockdown violators. Drone-mounted cameras capture and send to cops visuals of the city for reviewing.