At least 600 new COVID-19 positive cases including 399 in Chennai were reported in Tamil Nadu on Friday, 8 May, Health Minister C Vijayabaskar said. The total Number of COVID-19 cases has reached 6,009 in Tamil Nadu including 1,605 recovered/discharged and 40 deaths. Number of active cases stands at 4,361.
Meanwhile, the number of coronavirus cases in India rose to 56,342 on Friday. According to the Health Ministry data, there are now 37,916 active cases across the country, while 1,886 people have died. As many as 16,539 patients have been cured or discharged and one has migrated.
The Madras High Court on Friday, 8 May ordered closure of all state-run TASMAC liquor shops in Tamil Nadu and permitted only online sale of liquor.
- Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that he would “request the Centre to not centralise decision making”, while talking in respect to a plan to exit from the lockdown
- “States should consider indirect sale or home delivery of liquor to maintain social distancing norms and standards,” the Supreme Court observed on Friday
- The US recorded 2,448 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, bringing the toll to 75,543, news agency AFP reported on Thursday, citing Johns Hopkins University
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