<span style="color: #222222;">Tamil Nadu registered 536 new Covid-19 cases yesterday. They included 364 in Chennai alone, and the total cases in the state capital has crossed the 7,000 mark. Three people died of the disease in the last 24-hours taking the death toll to 81. Two hundred and thirty four people have been discharged following recovery.<br />'' <br />'' The Madras High Court has dismissed a petition seeking the immediate reopening of religious places. The court took note of the government stand that managing the crowds in places of worship would be a challenge when most policemen are deployed in the frontlines of the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic. The government said that ensuring social distancing in religious places would be difficult at the moment and that it may also throw up law and order situations.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, the state electricity distribution agency has given time for its consumers to pay the bill till June 6th. </span><br />