Chennai: Tamilnadu on Wednesday reported 112 deaths due to the Covid-19 disease, the highest number of fatalities that the State has logged in a single-day till date. With this, the toll has touched 4,461.
While 5,175 more people tested positive propelling the case count to 2.73 lakh, recoveries outnumbered fresh cases with 6,031 people getting discharged from various hospitals, taking the cumulative recoveries to 2,14,815 as the active cases dropped to 54,184, according to a government bulletin.
Meanwhile, the Tamilnadu government on Wednesday announced that private gyms could open for customers below 50 years of age, from 10 August.
According to an official release, a Standard Operating Procedure would be issued in this regard and the conditions were to be strictly followed by private gyms.
The government’s decision followed representations from the Tamilnadu Gym Owners and Trainers Welfare Association and several gym owners, who requested the Chief Minister to allow gyms to open.