Tamil Nadu announces stricter curbs as state's tally touches one lakh

Amid rising coronavirus cases in the state, the Tamil Nadu government on Saturday announced to shut cinemas, places of worship, malls, bars and salons from April 26. Groceries and all other kinds of retail outlets may continue to operate as usual and department stores could function without using air conditioning facility and by sticking to the '50 per cent' customer capacity norm.

The current restrictions like night curfew (10 pm-4 am), and Sunday lockdown would continue to be on. As on Friday, Tamil Nadu had close to one lakh active Covid-19 cases.