Tamil Nadu government on Saturday announced a complete lockdown for two weeks starting May 10 to control the spread of COVID-19 in the state, reports ANI. 

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said in a statement that the lockdown was being enforced due to “unavoidable reasons”. He pointed out that the decision was taken based on inputs received at a review meeting he had with district collectors on Friday, besides consultations with medical experts.

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“The total lockdown will be enforced from 4 am on May 10 to 4 am on May 24,” he said.

This comes a day after Tamil Nadu recorded 26,465 new COVID-19 cases, the biggest single-day spike. Tamil Nadu has currently over 1 lakh active COVID-19 cases and has logged 1,272,602 infections till now.

Tamil Nadu is among 12 Indian states that have over one lakh active COVID-19 cases, the central government said.