<span style="color: #222222;">In Tamil Nadu, 114 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals today while 72 new cases have been reported. Two patients died taking the toll to 22. Meanwhile, the state government has declared full curfew for Chennai, Madurai and Coimbatore Corporations for four days since Sunday morning. AIR correspondent reports, among all the 1755 Covid-19 patients in the state, Chennai alone has the disease burden of 452 and the number is consistently increasing every day. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Coimbatore comes next with 141 people and Madurai is also considered a potential hotspot. Therefore the state government has announced that the curfew would be further intensified in the three corporations from coming Sunday morning till Wednesday night. For Salem and Tiruppur Corporations, the curfew conditions have been made stringent from Sunday morning to Tuesday night. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">No shops would be allowed during these days except those mobile shops selling vegetables and fruits. Except those government offices dealing with essential services which are allowed to function with one third of the usual strength, other offices have been asked to shut down. It is aimed at reducing the severity of the contagion and further break the infection chain.&nbsp;</span><br />'' &nbsp;
News On AIR | April 24, 2020 9:50 PM
TN: 114 Covid-19 patients discharged from hospitals; 72 new cases reported