<span style="color: #222222;">In Madhya Pradesh, there will be a complete lockdown on every Sunday in the entire state.<br />'' <br />'' AIR correspondent reports, during the lockdown on every Sunday, all markets, offices and establishments will remain completely closed. However, this order will not be applicable on the milk parlours, medical stores, hospitals and other emergency services. There will be a restriction mainly on the unnecessary movements of people.<br />'' <br />'' Official release said that the violation of lockdown will be punishable under section 188. State Home Minister Dr Narottam Mishra has said in a tweet message that state governments are controlling the corona infection by the 'Kill Corona' campaign, but the total lockdown is being needed every Sunday in view of the increasing number of COVID-19 patients.<br />'' <br />'' The COVID-19 case count in Madhya Pradesh climbed to 17 thousand 201 with addition of 544 new cases in the last 24 hours. The death toll in the state has risen to 644. The state has 1 thousand 518 active containment zones. A total of 198 persons were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours taking the number of the recovered cases to 12,679.<br />'' <br />'' Today being Sunday, Tamil Nadu observes total lockdown throughout the state. It is aimed at avoiding overcrowding in public spaces and to avoid spurt in new Covid-19 cases.<br />'' <br />'' Meanwhile, the state health department has said in a statement in Chennai, an order has been placed for the purchase of 43-thousand 'finger pulse-oximeters.' A batch of 20-thousand of them has arrived and rest is expected soon. The release says they would be used for reading the oxygen saturation levels in the blood of those Covid-19 patients who are under home isolation, or in covid care centres across the state.<br />'' <br />'' When the level falls below the threshold, they could immediately be rushed to tertiary care in hospitals. The devices are also to be widely used in the ongoing fever camps in Chennai and other places to identify suspected cases with the viral infections and test them.</span>