Since the number of persons diagnosed with Covid-19 is not showing any considerable fall, the Tamil Nadu Government has extended the lock down (with some relaxations) till June 14. This was announced by Chief Minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin on Saturday. The lockdown declared last month would have come to an end on June 7 has there been any improvement in the situation.
On Saturday, Tamil Nadu logged 21, 410 new cases across the State while 443 persons succumbed to the pandemic. Coimbatore which diagnosed 2,663 new patients remained at the top of the table with the highest number of Covid-19 cases.
Neighboring districts of Erode (1,569) Tiruppur ( 1104) were closely behind in the south western region of the State. Chennai had 1,789 cases.