amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown we bring you the latest updates from chennai1045pm it was another heavy day for tamil nadu in terms of covid19 cases with 98 people including 91 same source contacts testing positive for the disease taking the tally to 1173 on monday as the state government announced extension of the lockdown to check its spread till april 30945pm wearing of masks will be compulsory for people of chennai whenever they step out of their homes in view of the coronavirus situation the city civic body said on mondayan order to this effect was issued as the tamil nadu government extended the lockdown to check the spread of the coronavirus till march 30 as the number of positive cases in the state rose to 1173 with chennai accounting for 205 the highest among all districts845pm chief minister v narayanasamy on monday said that cabinet has approved an extension of lockdown in the union territory till april 30815pm domestic power consumers whose last date for paying bimonthly bill is between march 25 and april 30 can now pay their bills till may 6 similarly those who need to pay bimonthly bill between march 22 and april 30 can pay their previous bill and it will be adjusted later730pm the dmk on monday moved the madras high court seeking to quash a communique of the department of public relations restraining political parties and charitable organisations from distributing essential items like groceries and vegetables during the lockdown period the party submitted that its office bearers had been contacted by thousands of people from across the state with requests to supply daily rations food and medicines630pm 98 more people test positive for covid19 tamil nadu health secretary6pm keen not to miss his cancerstricken wifes chemotherapy during the covid19 lockdown a 65year old daily wage earner undertook a gruelling 130km journey with her on his rickety bicycle to reach the jipmer a premier hospital here in time for the crucial procedure530pm an andhra pradesh based doctor admitted to apollo hospitals in vanagaram chennai for covid19 dies5pm a total of 28 patients including nine covid19 positive patients from karur district were discharged from karur government medical college hospital on monday435pm madras high court and its subordinate courts to continue restrictive functioning till april 30 only urgent cases would be taken up with prior permission415pm lockdown in tamil nadu extended till april 30 says chief minister edappadi k palaniswami335pm essential commodities will be available between 6am and 1pm no ban for bakeries and the existing restrictions for restaurants will continue315pm migrant workers in tamil nadu will get 15kg of rice a kg of tur and a litre of edible oil free of cost rice cardholders will get a kg of sugar tur dal and a litre of edible oil free of cost in pds outlets for the month of may as the number of covid19 positive cases continues to surge in the tablighi