Thirty employees of the prominent retainer chain saravana outlets in chennai, tamil Nadu, tested positive for Covid-19. A total of 250 employees were tested, with 30 of them showing positive results. The store has now been closed as a result of city health officials' orders. All of the patients have been placed in isolation. This comes just one day after 149 madras Institute of technology students tested positive for Covid. 

Several new Covid clusters have emerged in the state, which had a significant increase in infections on Thursday. There were a total of 4,862 new cases, although only 38 of these had a history of domestic and foreign travel. chennai is one of the hardest-hit areas, with over 2,600 cases reported in the last 24 hours. tamil Nadu cm Stalin already announced a mini Lockdown in the entire state despite the festivities nearing the city.

On Friday, India's statewide vaccination campaign against Covid-19 reached a new milestone, with the total number of vaccines administered surpassing 150 crore (1.5 billion). According to data on the CoWIN platform as of 1.46 p.m. on Friday, nearly 32 lakh people received Covid-19 vaccination doses that day. A total of 22 lakh persons received their first dosage of vaccine, with another 13 lakh receiving their second dose.

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