<span style="color: #222222;">Kerala confirmed 19,661 new COVID cases today. The test positivity rate is 15.3 per cent while 213 deaths were also reported. The total death toll in the state is 9222.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Kerala Assembly today unanimously passed a resolution, which proposed that the centre should make vaccines available for the states free of cost in a time bound manner. The resolution was moved by State Health Minister Veena George.</span><br />''  <br />