The High court has also sought the report on possibilities of operating additional flights under the mission to rescue the stranded Indians.

The Chief Minister said that the government has no plan currently to extend the lockdown and it has been following the recommendations of the medical experts' committee.

He was getting treated at the isolation ward with ventilator support. But his family members were ought to manage the hot air in the isolation ward for which they bought an air cooler on the same day.

The current feat is not the final stop for the legislator and he hopes and targeted to complete 100 marathons, which would not be the tough task for this staunchest Marathon man.

At the current state, of 23,509 active cases in the state, Chennai and three districts account for 19,939 active cases. 

Curbing the spread in Chennai and its three adjacent hotspots would contribute the state to flatten the curve of COVID-19 affected cases.

As of Thursday, Chennai has reported 37,070 cases while the state has reported 52,334 cases so far.

Anbalagan has been one of the five ministers appointed by the state to monitor and review the efforts of fighting COVID-19 in Chennai.

The Chennai city police department has gripped up the mechanisms to ensure that the enhanced lockdown pay-off its role of containing the spread of the virus in the city.

The new government order with a standard transliteration of the names will be issued in three days after Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami has consented to the new changes.