Social distancing has been one of the top preventive measures on the fray to combat the contagion, which is the human to human transmitting virus and has been rapidly spreading across the nation.
The Chennai police department has installed 156 check-posts across the city to ensure that the curfew plays its role and the department has deployed regular patrolling.
The state will remain under complete lockdown until April 14th and the new order has come when the ordeal brought by the virus still persists across its territory.
Prime Minister Modi declared a nationwide curfew for 21-days to stem the spread of the virus across the country. His announcement has put nearly one-fifth of the world's population under lockdown to contain the global pandemic.
The first day of the complete lockdown has become very tough for the state as apart from reporting the highest single-day rise -a total of eight cases, it has also recorded its first fatality for the virus.