A 98-year-old man died of COVID-19 here as the state reported the highest ever of 203 positive cases on Friday, even as the Chennai corporation said those found violating the lockdown regulations will be penalised Rs 100 a day and put in quarantine for 14 days.
With the fresh cases, the tally now stood at 2,526, Health Minister C Vijaya Baskar said.
The COVID-19 death toll rose to 28 with the death of the nonagenarian at a city hospital, Baskar said.
The state has been reporting over 100 cases for the last three days and the capital city clocked another day of heavy numbers accounting for 176 of the fresh infections, he told reporters.
Tamil Nadu had reported 161 fresh cases on Thursday, 104 on Wednesday and 121 on Tuesday.
Full list of Red, Green and Orange Zones in Tamil Nadu:
545 – Chennai – Tamil Nadu – Red Zone
546 – Madurai – Tamil Nadu – Red Zone
547 – Namakkal – Tamil Nadu – Red Zone
548 – Thanjavur – Tamil Nadu – Red Zone
549 – Chengalpattu – Tamil Nadu – Red Zone
550 – Thiruvallur – Tamil Nadu – Red Zone
551 – Tiruppur – Tamil Nadu – Red Zone
552 – Rani pet – Tamil Nadu – Red Zone
553 – Virudhunagar – Tamil Nadu – Red Zone
554 – Thiruvarur – Tamil Nadu – Red Zone
555 – Ve II ore – Tamil Nadu – Red Zone
556 – Kanchipuram – Tamil Nadu – Red Zone
557 – Theni – Tamil Nadu – Orange Zone
558 – Tenkasi – Tamil Nadu – Orange Zone
559 – Nagapattinam – Tamil Nadu – Orange Zone
560 – Dindigul – Tamil Nadu – Orange Zone
561 – Villupuram – Tamil Nadu – Orange Zone
562 – Coimbatore – Tamil Nadu – Orange Zone
563 – Cuddalore – Tamil Nadu – Orange Zone
564 – Salem – Tamil Nadu – Orange Zone
565 – Karur – Tamil Nadu – Orange Zone
566 – Tuticorin – Tamil Nadu – Orange Zone
567 – Tiruchirappalli – Tamil Nadu – Orange Zone
568 – Tirupathur – Tamil Nadu – Orange Zone
569 – Kanniyakumari – Tamil Nadu – Orange Zone
570 – Tiruvannamalai – Tamil Nadu – Orange Zone
571 – Ramanathapuram – Tamil Nadu – Orange Zone
572 – Tirunelveli – Tamil Nadu – Orange Zone
573 – The Nilgiris – Tamil Nadu – Orange Zone
574 – Sivaganga – Tamil Nadu – Orange Zone
575 – Perambalur – Tamil Nadu – Orange Zone
576 – Kallakurichi – Tamil Nadu – Orange Zone
577 – Ariyalur – Tamil Nadu – Orange Zone
578 – Erode – Tamil Nadu – Orange Zone
579 – Pudukkottai – Tamil Nadu – Orange Zone
580 – Dharmapuri – Tamil Nadu – Orange Zone
581 – Krishnagiri – Tamil Nadu – Green Zone