Earlier, the government allowed to reopen these shops in the entire state except Chennai, Thiruvallur, malls, and COVID-19 containment zones. A total of 5,950 new COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Tamil Nadu on Sunday, taking the total number of cases to 3,38,055 including 54,019 active cases, 2,78,270 discharges and 5,766 deaths.