Lockdown in Chennai: Coronavirus cases update and latest news

The Tamil Nadu government has extended general lockdown till August 31, with total lockdown on Sundays. Stay with us for all the latest updates.
*Update at 2.20pm: The total number of tests for detection of Covid-19 has crossed the two-crore mark in India, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research
*Update at 2.16pm: Four persons succumb to Covid-19 in Puducherry, 178 new cases take overall tally to 3,982
*Doctors in Chennai said they plan to test the placenta, amniotic fluid, cord blood and breast milk of at least 1,000 women who go into labour.
*With six new deaths, Madurai became the fourth district in Tamil Nadu to cross 250 after Chennai (2,157), Chengalpattu (257) and Thiruvallur (254).
*ANI update at 12.22pm: Puducherry's Covid-19 case tally reaches 3,982 with 178 fresh positive cases detected today till 10am: Government of Puducherry
*Researchers from Anna University have developed a Covid-19 early warning system to help those at risk by monitoring their vital parameters such as temperature, oxygen saturation rate, heart rate and respiratory rate.
*Nagapattinam MP M Selvarasu tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday and was admitted to the Government Medical College Hospital in Thanjavur.
*ANI update at 10.27am: Number of Covid-19 tests crosses 2 crore mark in India with 2,02,02,858 tests conducted till August 2. Of these, 3,81,027 tests were conducted yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
*ANI update at 9.57am: India's Covid-19 tally rises to 18,03,696 including 5,79,357 active cases, 1,186,203 cured/discharged/migrated & 38,135 deaths, reports ANI quoting health ministry
*For the fourth day in a row, Tamil Nadu’s Covid-19 death toll hovered around the 100-mark. The 98 deaths on Sunday took the cumulative toll to 4,132.
*Tamil Nadu also had 5,875 fresh cases, taking active cases to 56,998. Of the active cases, 38% were in Chennai (12,190) and its three neighbouring districts of Chengalpattu (2,817), Kancheepuram (3,439) and Thiruvallur (3,430). These districts together had 2,198 new cases on Sunday. Chennai alone had 1,065 new cases.
*Fresh cases dipped marginally in western Tamil Nadu, showing signs of the spread stabilising.
*The eight districts including Coimbatore cumulatively had 481 new cases on Sunday down from 700 or 600 cases reported every day last week. The number of active cases too did not record any surge as it hovered around 4,500 for the past several days.
*While Coimbatore had 167 cases as against 238 reported on Saturday, Salem recorded 134 cases.
*Trichy region reported 541 new cases and two deaths.