Tamil Nadu police have booked 1.8 million people and collected a fine of ₹200 from each of them in 101 days, reported Tamil newspaper Hindu Tamil. Tamil Nadu reported 1,971 new Covid-19 cases and 2,885 discharges on Monday. Tamil Nadu started witnessing its caseload rising in the last week of March when the second wave struck the country. Once the cases started increasing in March this year, police tightened their grip on violators of Covid-19 appropriate behaviour. According to police officials, the norms were tightened on April 8 and they started booking people for not wearing the masks.

Source: Hindustan Times July 20, 2021 06:00 UTC