<span style="color: #222222;">The Covid-19 situation in Kerala continues to be grim, with 1078 new Covid cases and 5 deaths due to Covid being confirmed today. AIR Correspondent reports that, this </span>is for the second consecutive day  that the State is reporting over 1000 covid cases in a single day. Among the fresh cases 798 persons got the disease through local transmission.<br />''<br />'' The deaths due to Covid had been reported each from Kozhikode Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and Kannur district, taking the death toll to 50 in the State. Thiruvananthapuram continues to report the highest number of Covid cases  with 222 new cases.<br />''<br />''432 recoveries were also reported in the State today. The total active cases in Kerala rose to 9458. As the Covid-19 cases are on a rise, the possibility of declaring complete lockdown in the State may be decided after the State Cabinet meeting on Monday.<br />''<br />'' Meanwhile, State Legislative Assembly special session decided  to be held on coming Monday is being called off amid Covid-19 situation in the State. <br />