Chennai, May 16 (PTI) Tamil Nadu on Monday recorded 31 fresh COVID-19 cases, including a person who returned from Canada, taking the cumulative infections in the state to 34,54,652.

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Twenty men and 11 women in the state tested positive through RT-PCR test on Monday, a bulletin from the state health department said. The death toll, however, remained unchanged at 38,025.

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Including 58 persons who got discharged after treatment, the net recoveries in the state mounted to 34,16,295. The number of active cases declined to 332 from 359 a day ago.

Chennai accounted for a maximum of 16 new infections, followed by Chengalpattu with five, Kancheepuram three, Krishnagiri two, while Coimbatore, Dindigul, Tiruvallur and Tiruchirappalli recorded one case each, respectively.

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