Coimbatore: More than 80% of stores in the city are closed at 5 pm on Monday, in accordance with new restrictions imposed by district administration to contain the spread of Covid-19.
Meanwhile, the district government announced additional restrictions to be implemented from Tuesday.
While the meat and fish shop can remain open from 6am to 2pm, all Tasmac outlets will remain open from 10am to 5pm in the district.
All grocery stores and vegetables, bakeries and tea shops must be closed with 5pm.
For visitors while the park will not be opened on Sunday.
Pollenhi cattle markets will also not function from Wednesday.
Except for shops that sell important items, others are asked to be closed after 5 pm.
Complete locking is announced on Sundays for commercial hubs in the city while providing exceptions to shops that sell essence.
Dine-in in all types of hotels was dropped until 5pm with 50% residential but takeaways can function up to 9pm.
Only wholesale markets are permitted with 50% shop with a rotation base.
This is the second time the district administration has introduced the sidewalk in the last three days.
With 219 new cases reported on Monday, Coimbatore reported a decline in Covid-19 cases for the second day in a row, bringing relief to the Ministry of Health.
This slightly decreased from 230 cases reported on Sunday.
While no death was reported on that day, 174 people were sent home.
This district has 2,008 active cases.
Daily fresh cases in Coimbatore were dipped from 204 at 20 to 164 on July 26.
But it continued to increase over the next week and 246 cases reported on July 31, signifying the possibility of waves in case and coercion.
District administration to impose new restrictions from the Tirupur district on Monday.
Tirupur, five deaths because Covid-19 was reported on Monday.
Six deaths were reported on July 31 and four deaths on July 30 in this district.
However, there was a decrease in a daily positive case of 95 on Sunday to 90 on Monday.
A total of 116 patients were dismissed on Monday against 129 on Sunday.
A total of 933 positive cases are in the district.