<span style="color: #222222;">Kerala continues to show a spike in covid cases as 7789 people were tested positive in the last 24 hours.<br />''<br />''23 deaths were reported officially.<br />''<br />''7082 recoveries were also reported today.<br />''<br />''With a massive 1200 plus cases within the last 24 hours Ernakulam and Kozhikode are the worst hit districts.<br />''<br />''The fatality rate in the State is 31 per million, which is much lesser than the national average.<br />''<br />''However the rising test positivity rate of 15.53% which is higher than the national average is of grave concern.<br />''<br />''Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has asked all the government and private hospitals within the state to be well equipped to face any contingency arising due to the pandemic.<br />''<br />''He said the covid spread is showing an increase among people who are above 60 years of age and children less than 15 years of age.<br />''<br />''The total active cases in Kerala rose to 94, 517.</span><br />