<span style="color: #222222;">Kerala confirmed 3,972 COVID-19 positive cases on Friday. A total of  66,788 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. The test positivity rate is 5.94 percent. 31 deaths were also confirmed due to COVID today, taking the death toll to 42,579 in the state.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, 4,836 recoveries were also reported today. At present, 39,341 is the active caseload in the state.</span>