DMK President MK Stalin on Thursday asked the government to provide Rs 1 cr solatium to next of kin of those who lost their lives during the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, Stalin also slammed AIADMK ministers for having meetings with many officials. The total number of coronavirus cases in Tamil Nadu has risen to 1267 with 25 new COVID-19 cases recorded on Thursday. 25 more people have detected positive for coronavirus today, taking the state tally of COVID-19 positive cases to 1267," said Palaniswami during the video conference in Chennai. Palaniswami also said that the state was seeing a reduction in coronavirus cases and expressed hope that the state could see zero positive cases over the next few days.

Source: dna April 16, 2020 15:11 UTC