In Tamil Nadu, the total Covid-19 cases have gone up to 33,229 with a record 1562 people reported positive yesterday. 52 patients were discharged after recovery. 17 people died of the disease in the last twenty four hours taking the toll to 286.<br />''<br />''The Madras High Court has suggested that the Tamil Nadu Government should defer the Tenth Standard Public Examinations till next month in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. The court adjourned a case against holding the examinations to Thursday. The state government had earlier announced that the examinations would be held from the 15th of this month.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, representatives of the hotel industry in Chennai say they had a lukewarm response from customers on the first day of relaunching of the dine-in service.<br />''<br />''"Chennai has more than nine thousand eateries. They were by and large doing brisk business earlier. But the Covid-19 pandemic altered the hospitality industry dynamics across the world in a substantial way. After over seventy days of obliging only the take-away orders, the hotels have been permitted by the Government to resume dine-in service from yesterday with conditions on safety of the customers and the staff. On the first day yesterday, the hotel industry representatives in Chennai say, the response has not been uniformly impressive, since many of the customers do not venture out as in the past. The lack of a labour force is also being felt in many cases. However, the industry representatives have expressed confidence that in due course, the footfall of patrons would grow after the situation improves. <br />